State v. Stacy

SAM C. BLAIR, Special Judge.

Misdemeanor. Everett Stacy was found guilty by a jury of wilfully and maliciously killing a dumb animal, Janie, a Seeing-Eye dog owned by John J. Hess, a sightless man. (Section 563.670, V.A.M.S.) Stacy has always admitted, out of court and in court on the stand, that he shot and killed the dog..Various assignments exist in the motion for a new trial, but only two are presented by the points relied on and by the brief. Questioned by Stacy are (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to warrant the verdict and judgment and (2) the propriety of the argument of the…