WESTHUES, Judge.
Dock Booker, appellant in this case, was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, of murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed at death. From the sentence imposed, he duly appealed to this court.
Appellant, whom we shall refer to as defendant, was charged with having inflicted mortal wounds on Earl Harrison by shooting him on August 15, 1953. From these wounds, Harrison died on August 21, 1953...
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