State v. Lowry

The appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for murder in the first degree for killing Eugene N. Lovely, a policeman. By the verdict of the jury he was found guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment and his punishment assessed at death.

On September 25, 1926, Eugene N. Lovely and Thomas J. Jones, members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Force, were riding north on Sarah Street in the city of St. Louis in a police department automobile, on the sides of which were plainly painted the words "Metropolitan Police Department." Both men were…