Plumley v. State

The appellant was found guilty by a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County of an attempt to murder John Preston Scott and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 15 years.

At the trial Scott testified that he owned and operated an “all night” restaurant known as the Branch Avenue Coffee Shop and that the appellant had worked for him and lived in the residence occupied by Scott and his wife. He discharged the appellant two or three days before 22 December 1965 “for not doing his work properly and taking money from the pool tables.” 1 In the early morning hours of 22 December…