Brown v. State

The defendant was indicted for the murder of Thomas Benton, alleged to have occurred in Bryan county on April 25, 1898. A plea of not guilty was entered. The following facts, substantially and briefly stated, appear from the testimony in the case: Tom Benton, the deceased, was a white boy, sixteen years old, but small and delicate for his age. The defendant, a colored boy, was about the same age, but of larger stature. Early on the morning of the day above named, the deceased, by direction of his father, started on a trip from their home in a one-horse wagon to a station on the railroad some…