State v. Jones

227 S.W.2d 713 (1950)

STATE

v.

JONES.

No. 41617.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 13, 1950.

J. E. Taylor, Attorney General, Frank W. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

DALTON, Judge.

Defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on September 30, 1948 of burglary in the first degree and larceny. In accordance with the verdict of the jury, he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in the penitentiary for the burglary and to an additional 3 years for the larceny. He has appealed.

The State's evidence tended to show that one Patrick John O'Connor…