Dean v. State

In this case the appellant, Allen Dean, Jr., a negro man about 23 years of age followed Bernice Pugh from a cafe to her home at 413 Van Burén Street in Laurel, Mississippi, where she lived with her three children, Edward Lawrence Pugh, age 4 years, Shirley Ann Hayes, age 18 months, and Bobbie Ann Hayes, age 7 months. It seems that her husband, Bernard Hayes, lived at Taylorsville, a town about 15 or 20 miles from Laurel. Pie was, therefore, not at home on the occasion in question.

Since the appellant assigns as error and seeks a reversal of his conviction for the murder of Shirley Ann Hayes, a…