Gandy v. State

The evidence shows that Robert Johni'gan was a negro about 50 years of age, crippled in one leg; that for a period of 9 days he had been employed by A1 Burch as a porter in the Burch Hotel at Marlow. Elzy Gandy, the defendant, and several confederates, all living in and about Marlow, congregated in town one evening, and there arranged to enter en masse with sticks, bludgeons, and possibly firearms to “run the nigger out of town and beat him up.” After mobilizing their forces they proceeded to the hotel, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, and there found the negro Johnigan shining shoes.…