State v. Taylor

STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

The defendant Charles Taylor, Jr., was charged by indictment, jointly with Fred Douglas Williams and Earl Ray, with an assault upon Mrs. Ernestine Primus with intent to kill with malice and with prior convictions of felonies. Defendant Taylor was granted a severance and upon a separate trial was found guilty as charged, including prior convictions, and the jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for life. The defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled and he has appealed.

At about 12:30 a. m., on February 3, 1957, Mrs. Primus was…