Stallworth v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of ten years.

The record before us reflects that on the night in question quite a few negroes had congregated at Jeanetti Stevenson’s cafe and also at Curley’s cafe, both located on the corner of Lake and Barwise Streets, and being opposite each other. Sometime about midnight Rufus Fields called the Uneeda Cab Company to send a cab. In a short time a cab appeared and he went to it and entered on the right-hand side and took a seat next to the driver. About the same time Milton…