Bartley and Jones v. State

MiNOR W. Millwee, Justice.

Information filed by tlie prosecuting attorney in the circuit court of the Western District of Clay county charged appellants, Eugene Bartley and Harlan Jones, with murder in the first degree for unlawfully killing Fred Ivins on June 13, 1945, by “shooting, beating and drowning” him. J. B. Bart-ley, father of appellant, Eugene Bartley, was jointly informed against with appellants, but was granted a severance under § 3976 of Pope’s Digest. The separate trial of appellants resulted in a verdict and judgment finding them guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing…