Coleman v. State

Charlie Coleman was convicted in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County for the murder of J. W. Morgan, and sentenced to death. From this judgment he appeals.

The evidence on the part of the State shows that at approximately 11:30 on the night of April 19, 1952, J. W. Morgan, Marshal of the Town of Doddsville, in a raised voice, told Charlie Coleman to “get out of town”; that he put his hand on Coleman’s back and kneed or bumped him, and at which time Coleman turned sidewise and struck him with a knife. The knife punctured the aorta and from this wound, Morgan died approximately thirty seconds…