Jefferson v. State

Information was filed by the prosecuting attorney within and for the First Judicial Circuit in the St. Francis circuit court accusing the appellant, Lucian Jefferson, of the crime of murder in the first degree. It was alleged that the said Lucian Jefferson on the 14th day of February, 1938, in St. Francis county unlawfully, wilfully, feloniously and with malice aforethought, and after deliberation and premeditation, did kill and murder one Emmer Jefferson, by striking, beating and hitting her and by running over her with an automobile after he had struck and beaten her with a certain blunt…