State v. Napper

HENLEY, Judge.

The defendant, Henry Cleo Napper, was charged with stealing personal property of the value of $50 or over in the City of St. Louis. The information invoked the provisions of the habitual criminal act and alleged that defendant had theretofore been convicted of certain felonies. Trial of the case before a jury resulted in a verdict finding him guilty of stealing property of a value of $50 or more. It was stipulated and agreed between the State and defendant that he had been previously convicted of three felonies, sentenced and imprisoned therefor and subsequently discharged, all…