State v. Buckley

This is a second appeal. An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Benton County, charging the defendant and his son Earl Buckley and Claude Estes with murder in the first degree. There was a mistrial on August 13, 1923. On the second trial, begun on August 24, 1923, the defendant and his son Earl were found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. On appeal, the conviction was reversed and the cause remanded. [State v. Buckley, 309 Mo. 38, 274 S.W. 74.] A second amended information was filed on December 9, 1925, charging the…