Yancey v. State

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the district court of Ottawa county on a charge of murder, and were sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The record discloses a state of facts about as follows : On May 24, 1925, the body of Harve Stephens was found in the shaft of the Silver Fox’ mine, just north of the city of Picher, Okla., in the state of Kansas. The mine had not been in operation, and the opening was covered with plants. There was about 40 feet of water in the mine shaft, which was 318 feet deep. The body was discovered by…