The People v. Buxton

Herbert Buxton was found guilty of murder by a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair county and sentenced to serve a term of fourteen years in the penitentiary. He had been indicted jointly with Charles Winchester and Melvin Watson. The indictment consisted of three counts, all of which charged that on June 6, 1932, the three defendants therein named shot and killed Emil Kirsch in an East St. Louis drug store. Winchester and Watson were tried separately 'and each found guilty. The only question raised by this writ of error is whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction of…