Scott v. State

For brevity the plaintiff in error will be referred to as the defendant; he assigns error as follows: First, that he was not allowed sufficient time for counsel to prepare his defense; second, that negroes were excluded from the jury panel for the sole reason that they were negroes; third, that the court erred in denying a change of venue.

The evidence on the part of the state shows the following state of facts: That Frank Daniels, the slain man, was a driver of a Buick service car at McAlester. On the night of July 23, 1924, after the trains on the Rock Island had passed, a colored man, who…