State v. Trainer

By indictment returned in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County defendant was charged with murder in the first degree for having shot and killed Cora B. Jones. Upon trial she was convicted of murder in the second degree and her punishment was assessed by the jury at fifteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. From sentence and judgment on the verdict she appealed.

The homicide occurred in the street near Stearn's grocery store in St. Joseph at about 6:30 P.M., December 17, 1932. Forrest Trainer, son of defendant, and his wife, Edith, had gone to the store to buy some groceries. Forrest…