State v. Shilkett

Defendant was indicted and convicted of manslaughter and his punishment fixed at two years imprisonment in the state penitentiary. He has appealed.

About 7:45 A.M., August 14, 1945, a taxicab arrived at Westwood Stables on Ballas road in St. Louis county, and stopped near the main entrance on the south side. Appellant, a passenger in the taxicab, got out and entered the stables. A short distance inside of the main entrance one William Mottert, an employee, was seated on a trunk. He was facing east, smoking a corncob pipe and talking to Logan McDaniels, another employee. McDaniels was standing…