State v. Clum
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Barry Circuit Court. — How. James R. Yaug-haw, Judge. The appellant was indicted for and convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Ella Bowe on the eighth day of July, 1886. The evidence on the part of the state showed that in July, 1886, appellant was staying at the house of J. J. White, a farmer, in Barry ■county.
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Appeal from Barry Circuit Court. — How. James R. Yaug-haw, Judge. The appellant was indicted for and convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of Ella Bowe on the eighth day of July, 1886. The evidence on the part of the state showed that in July, 1886, appellant was staying at the house of J. J. White, a farmer, in Barry ■county. Mrs. Yassar, White’s housekeeper, her fourteen year old son, and Ella Bowe, the deceased, about •seventeen years of age, were also staying at White’s house. Willis DéHoney, a negro, and his wife lived in ,a house on White’s farm, DeHoney being employed…
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwood, J. —
The defendant was indicted for the murder of Ella Bowe, by shooting her with a shot gun. The evidence adduced at the trial, a résumé of which will accompany this opinion, shows in the clearest possible light a most atrocious and brutal murder of two persons at the same time, without a single palliating circumstance attendant on the commission of the crime, ' and the trial resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree and sentence accordingly.
The indictment is in the usual form. The instructions are suchas have frequently received the approval of this court, and no…
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