State v. Bowman

On June 4, 1921, the Prosecuting Attorney of Jackson County, Missouri, filed, in the criminal court of said county, an information, charging therein that said defendant, in the county aforesaid, on February 14, 1921, was guilty of first degree murder, in killing one Estella Bowen with a knife and by burning the body. The case was tried before a jury and, on November 10, 1921, the following verdict was returned:

"We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree as charged in the information and assess his punishment at 25 years in the State Penitentiary.

"HAROLD W. TURNER,…