State v. Thompson

WADE, Justice.

The defendant, Phillip Thompson, was convicted of murder in the first degree, with a recommendation of leniency, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He brings this appeal from that judgment.

All of the people involved in the incident at the time of the killing were colored. Late in the evening of March 17, 1945, or early in the morning of the next day, the defendant having been drinking, went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, in the basement of which Frank Brown, the deceased, operated a dice game. Defendant joined in the game and lost most of his ready cash, amounting to…