Hicks v. State

Defendants, Sam Hicks and Clarence Lee, were convicted of subornation of perjury under Section 11072 of the Code. The punishment of Hicks was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five years, and that of Lee was fixed for not more than three years. They have appealed to this Court and assigned errors.

Defendant Hicks was the operator of a Negro restaurant in North Memphis known as the Little Peabody. It had an adjoining room known as the Blue Room, in which Negroes of that vicinity congregated and drank beer. Lee, the other defendant, was in and about this place quite…