State v. Parr

Appellant and Willis Millard were jointly indicted by the grand jury of St. Louis County charged with murder in the first degree in having killed Eugene S. Conrey. A severance was granted the appellant, who upon a trial was convicted as charged and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. From this judgment, he appeals.

The evidence for the prosecution was largely circumstantial. Appellant, Willis Millard, a co-indictee, and David Burke were in an automobile in the town of Clayton at about midnight, August 30, 1920. Eugene S. Conrey and Benjamin Corner, two deputy…