State v. McCracken

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Webster County, on change of venue from Camden County, of murder in the first degree for the killing, on October 6, 1934, of Jim Colvin. He was sentenced, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, to life imprisonment in the penitentiary and has appealed. Omitting reference to pages of the bill of exceptions we adopt the statement of facts given in the State's brief as sufficiently outlining the facts, for most purposes of the appeal, as follows:

"At the time of the alleged killing appellant lived on a farm in Camden County, Missouri, on the…