State v. Nevils

Defendant appeals from a verdict and sentence of the Circuit Court of Oregon County, Missouri, finding him guilty of manslaughter and fixing his punishment at five years in the penitentiary. He was charged with murder in the second degree by information filed in the Circuit Court of Howell County. But appellant took a change of venue, and when the case was called for trial in Oregon County, he disqualified the regular judge of the circuit. Honorable E.M. DEARING was then called from another circuit to preside at the trial.

At the time of the offense, September 26, 1930, appellant was constable…