State v. Harness

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Defendant, Elmer Harness, was convicted of manslaughter in the willful killing of an unborn quick child, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at eight years in the penitentiary. Sections 559.090, and 559.140, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. He has appealed from the judgment and sentence.

Defendant was charged by information averring that he “on or about the 29th day of August, 1954, at the said County of St. Clair, State of Missouri, did then and there willfully and unlawfully, feloniously, on purpose and of his malice aforethought, in-and upon one Melba Cameron, then and…