State v. Abel

On June 17, 1926, the appellant and Carl Benson, Richard Miller and Earl Lawrence Abel were jointly charged by indictment with the crime of murder in the first degree, in that May 8, 1926, they shot and killed Harry T. McConnell in Jackson County, Missouri. On June 26, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty and was granted a severance. On a trial to a jury the defendant was found guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment and his punishment assessed at death. From a sentence in accordance with the verdict the defendant appealed.

The facts in this case are…