PRITCHARD, Commissioner.
Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree. § 559.010. (Statutory references are to RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.) Trial was to a jury which resulted in a verdict of guilt of murder in the second degree, § 559.020, and the jury assessed defendant's punishment at 18 years' imprisonment. After motion for new trial, which was overruled, allocution, sentence and judgment in accordance with the verdict followed.
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