Missouri Court of Appeals May 21, 1968, No. 32917 (State v. Kiplinger)

WOLFE, Judge.

The defendant was charged with the malicious destruction of property which is a misdemeanor under § 560.395, V.A.M.S. He was convicted in a Magistrate Court and appealed to the Circuit Court. There a jury was waived and upon trial to the court he was found guilty and his punishment assessed at one year in the county jail.