State v. Bayless

Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree, but was convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to a term of 50 years in the state penitentiary.' He has appealed.

The indictment charged an assault upon Gladys Taylor Hallenbach Crossley, in the city of St. Louis, on June 11, 1948, resulting in her death on June 12, 1948. Her body was found in Tower Grove park in the city of St. Louis, about 9 a.m., Saturday. June 12, 1948. It was found 75 feet north of Arsenal avenue and some 60 feet west of the west curbline of Spring avenue extended. Death had occurred between 6 p.m.,…