STATE v. SHEARD

No. 44445.

276 S.W.2d 196 (1955)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Levi SHEARD and Lloyd Thompson, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Haley, Jr., Austin B. Speers, Kansas City, for appellants.

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Grover C. Huston, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Levi Sheard and Lloyd Thompson were convicted of rape on June 16, 1953, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. No brief has been filed on behalf of the appellants so we consider the matters preserved for review by the assignments of error in the motion for new trial.

The first, second and fifth assignments of error in the motion for new trial are respectively as follows: "The verdict...

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