LEEDY, Presiding Judge.
Mack McCloud (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was convicted of murder in the first degree in having shot and killed his "common-law wife," Ertha, in St. Louis County on October 23, 1955, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the remainder of his natural life. Judgment was entered, and sentence pronounced in accordance with the verdict, and he appeals.
He was allowed to appeal as a poor person...
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