Johnson v. State

Appellant, Minnie Johnson, was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Leflore county of the murder of Henry Martin, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. From that judgment she prosecutes this appeal.

The state’s evidence tended to make the following case: The killing occurred at night in a house in Greenwood occupied by appellant and deceased. Appellant, deceased, and three other negroes were in the house engaged in gambling. One of the party, Clarence Hardiman, lost what money he had in the game. He borrowed some money from the deceased, and got back into the game, and won some…