State v. Gartland

The appellant, with one George H. Pauly, in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, was charged with murder in the second degree, and on a severance was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

On October 19,1922, Gartland, Pauly and one Stroud were members of the police force of St. Joseph, doing general patrol duty in a Ford automobile. About 7:30 p. m. that day they met a Buick automobile with one' headlight out. One of the officers called to the occupants of the Buick car to pull in to the curb and fix the light. Instead of doing…