State v. Knight

On August 31, 1923, the Prosecuting Attorney of Johnson County, filed in the circuit court of said county, a verified information, charging therein that, on June 23, 1923, the defendants, Harry Knight (alias Falkner Knight), Guy Knight, Frank Carey and Chester Kerr, did feloniously, willfully, deliberately, premeditatedly and of their malice aforethought, kill and murder George McCormick in Johnson County, Missouri. On September 3, 1923, defendants waived arraignment and plead not guilty. A change of venue was granted defendants and the cause sent to Henry County Circuit Court. On March 31,…