Wilson v. State

Defendant, Sam Wilson, was convicted as an accessory after the fact to felonious assault, with punishment fixed at confinement in the State prison for a year and a day, from which he appeals.

Defendant admitted that on July 25, 1949, he saw Robert Lee Jordan strike John W. Browning in the back of the head with a tire tool. Defendant and Jordan were employees at the filling station where this assault occurred. Browning was in charge of the station and had insisted upon these colored boys completing certain work at the station. One witness testified that about 45 minutes before the assault he…