Matthews v. State

This case came to this Court on appeal from the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County, Mississippi, where the defendant, Willie Matthews, had been indicted for the murder of J. L. Ramsey and was tried and convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to serve a term of two years in the state penitentiary.

The series of events leading up to the fatal stabbing of the deceased began about 10 o’clock on Saturday night, September 18, 1960, in the back room of a Negro club known as ‘ ‘ Club 36 ’ ’ owned by one Brock and run or operated by Leroy Jones, sometimes known as “Man”. A…