Harris v. State

Hutcheson, Justice.

J. B. Harris, a negro man, was indicted, together with five other negro men; Harvey Spielman, Wheel Chandler, Charlie Wilhite, Cam Eakestraw, and Lonie Burns, for the murder of J°e Culpepper, a white man, on March 21, 1936, by shooting him with a pistol or other firearm, and inflicting upon him a mortal wound. Cam Eakestraw and Lonie Burns not having been apprehended, the other four defendants pleaded not guilty. They elected to sever and to be tried separately, which was done. The trial under review in this court is that of J. B. Harris. The jury returned a verdict finding…