Ford v. State

355 S.W.2d 102 (1962)

Evander FORD, Jr., et al., and Katie Jean Robertson

v.

STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 7, 1962.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1962.

A. W. Willis, Jr., R. B. Sugarmon, Jr., B. L. Hooks, B. F. Jones, H. T. Lockard, Memphis, for plaintiffs in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Walker T. Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Rehearing Denied May 4, 1962. See 356 S.W.2d 726.

PREWITT, Chief Justice.

The defendants, Evander Ford, Jr., Alfred O'Neil Cross, James Harrington Smith, Ernestine Hill, Johnnie Mae Rogers, Charles Edward Patterson and Edgar Lee…