COIL, Commissioner.
Defendant, A. J. Chesser, charged with murder in the first degree, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and his punishment fixed at 15 years in the state penitentiary. He has appealed from the ensuing judgment.
The state's evidence tended to show that in the afternoon of August 7, 1954, defendant, Chesser, entered a tavern located in St. Louis and told one Joseph Burton that he was looking for "Fats" McGee so that he could demand...
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