State v. Ring

Defendant, Ring, and three others, Robert Privett, Cleve Crow and Arnold Tucker, were jointly charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of N.C. Teroy. Severances were granted and in this case Ring was tried alone. Privett had been tried and convicted previously. That case is reported in State v. Privett,344 Mo. 1020, 130 S.W.2d 575, which opinion may be read in connection with the opinion in the instant case. In the case now before us the defendant, Ring, was convicted of manslaughter, was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in the penitentiary and has appealed. It appears,…