State v. Couch

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed.

The evidence disclosed the following facts: On the night of April 29, 1934, shortly after eleven o'clock, a man dressed in a dark blue suit and wearing a light gray hat attempted to rob a street car near Fourth Street and Franklin Avenue in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The attempt to rob created a commotion, and the culprit became frightened, kicked the glass out of the car door and escaped. The attempted robbery was reported to an officer named Siko, who immediately began an…