State v. . Robinson

Criminal prosecution, tried upon indictment charging the defendants with the murder of one Ratcliff Robinson. The defendants pleaded not guilty and relied upon a plea of self-defense. The defendant Wendell Reed further pleaded that he merely undertook to prevent a felonious assault.

The evidence for the State tends to show that: The deceased, Ratcliff Robinson, aged 31 years, died on 20 July, 1937, as the result of an injury to his head received on the night of 17 July, 1937, in an altercation with the defendants, Harley Robinson, aged 52 years, first cousin of the deceased, and Wendell Reed,…