State v. Allen

Fox Judge:

The defendant, Linden O. Allen, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Mason County, for the murder of one John Buckle, alleged to have been committed in the month of June, 1947, in said county. He was tried on that indictment, and convicted of murder of the second degree. A motion to set aside the verdict was made and overruled, and judgment entered thereon that the defendant be confined in the penitentiary of this State for a period of from five to eighteen years. An exception was taken to the action of the court overruling said motion and rendering the judgment aforesaid. To said…