Supreme Court of Missouri May 8, 1900 (State v. Tate)

BURGESS, J.

At the May term, 1896, of the circuit court of Newton county, -the defendant and one William South were jointly in-dieted by the- grand jury of said county, and charged in the first count in the indictment with feloniously, on purpose and of their malice aforethought, shooting with a pistol with intent to kill one William Meadows, and.