State v. Paige

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

William Paige was convicted by a jury of murder, second degree; his punishment was assessed at 10-years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, and sentence and judgment were rendered accordingly. §§ 559.-020 and 559.030, V.A.M.S.

In question is the sufficiency of evidence to sustain the conviction.

William Paige was charged with the murder of his wife, JoAnn Paige, on or about July 8, 1967, by shooting her with a pistol. JoAnn disappeared in the early morning of July 8, 1967, and, on February 12, 1968, human skeletal remains were found which, under the state’s theory of the…