State v. Shelton
Decision Date | 23 November 1909 |
Citation | 122 S.W. 732,223 Mo. 118 |
Parties | STATE v. SHELTON. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County; John T. Moore, Judge.
Frank Shelton was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed.
This cause is now before this court upon appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Christian county, Mo., convicting the defendant of murder of the first degree. The amended information, upon which defendant was tried, and which was duly verified, was filed by the prosecuting attorney in the circuit court of Christian county on the 25th of August, 1908. Omitting formal parts, the charge upon which defendant was convicted was thus stated in the information: ...
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