State v. Schnelt

Appellant, Arthur Schnelt, defendant below, and two others, Frank Kennedy and Charles Douthitt, were jointly indicted for murder in the first degree for killing Charles J. Abeln. The murder occurred in the city of St. Louis on the night of December 21, 1933, to be exact, between twelve and one o'clock A.M. of December 22nd. A severance was granted and in this case Schnelt was tried alone, the trial resulting in his conviction of murder in the first degree and a sentence to life imprisonment, from which he appeals. Though represented by counsel of his own choosing below he has filed no brief…