State v. Bailey

McCALEB, Justice.

On the afternoon of December 27, 1955, appellant, a 21 year old Negro farmhand, shot and killed two white men, Jesse Nelson and E. C. Montgomery, at Holly Ridge, a small community located in Madison Parish. Nelson, an elderly man, was the first victim, appellant shooting him in the back ■of the head shortly after 2:00 p.m. with a shotgun he had borrowed from Nelson for the alleged purpose of shooting a “coon”. Montgomery was killed with the same gun shortly .after 6:00 p.m. at the general store which he operated. The object of the crimes was robbery, a small amount of change…