Pegram v. State

Bill Pegram was convicted of the offense of armed robbery, and from a sentence of twenty-five years in the State Penitentiary, he appealed.

About one o’clock on the morning of June 2, 1953, Andy Rimmer, a colored man, in charge of a beer joint in Clay County, was awakened from his slumber, and as he partly opened the door, two men forced their way inside at the point of a gun. They placed adhesive tape over his eyes and mouth and securely bound him. A truck was then backed up to the door, and approximately 205 cases of beer from the joint were loaded thereon. Two or three persons carried it to…