Scott v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The appellants, although separately indicted, were by agreement jointly tried and were convicted of murder. They were each assessed a penalty of twenty years.

The appellants, Scott and Howard, and Howard’s wife, Mary, and Willie Shaw, about 2:30 P.M., July 4, arrived at Johnny’s Lounge which was operated by the deceased. Later Mary and another woman had an argument and also Howard and another. Next Howard, Mary, Scott and Shaw left the lounge. About an hour later Howard, Shaw, a man named Sidney and Scott who was carrying a shotgun entered the lounge from the rear. The…