State v. Majors

By information filed in the Circuit Court of Pemiscot County defendant was charged with murder in the first degree for shooting and killing his wife. A change of venue was awarded to the Circuit Court of New Madrid County, where the cause was tried, resulting in defendant's conviction of murder in the second degree. He was duly sentenced pursuant to the verdict of the jury to fifteen years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, and has appealed. The State's evidence tended to prove the following:

The shooting occurred at the home of defendant and his wife in Pemiscot County on September 10, 1928.…