Walker v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Pike county of the crime of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder, and sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred dollars and ninety days’ imprisonment. From that judgment, she prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant and Hillary G-arner, both negro women, lived in the town of Magnolia. At the time of the alleged crime, appellant was conducting a restaurant and cold drink stand in the negro quarters of the town. On July 4, 1926, Hillary Garner, together with a male friend of hers, Clifton Griffin, went into appellant’s restaurant…