PAIRLEE ROGERS v. State

Pairlee (Alias Parllee) Rogers was indicted in the Circuit Court of Jones County for the murder of Woodrow Crosby. The jury found her guilty of manslaughter and the court sentenced her to serve a term of twelve years in the state penitentiary. From the judgment rendered she appealed.

On September 5, 1953, Woodrow Crosby and his wife, Phoebe Lee, were operating a sandwich shop in the City of Laurel. During the afternoon Sammy Evans and Jesse James Keys engaged in a fist fight in the shop. Woodrow undertook to separate them. He got his arms around Sammy’s neck, and in tussling they moved outside…