State v. Kauffman

Defendant, Paul H. Kauffman, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of murder in the first degree for the killing of Avis Woolery. The jury assessed his punishment at death. After an unavailing motion for new trial he was sentenced in accordance with the verdict and has appealed.

The evidence offered by the State tended to show the following: Avis Woolery, the deceased, was seventeen years of age at the time of her death, August 17, 1930. She had resided with her mother and step-father at Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri. The defendant had been born and reared in Pennsylvania.…