Supreme Court of Missouri August 20, 1936 (State v. Batson)

ELLISON, J.

Tbe appellant, a negro, appeals as a poor person-from a conviction of murder in the first degree in tbe Circuit Court of St. Louis County. He was charged by information with shooting and billing Dr. William Edward Poole, and tbe jury fixed tbe punishment at death. No brief has been filed here in his behalf.