Brown v. State

McDonald, judge.

The offense is murder; the punishment, life.

The testimony reflects that the deceased, John Farris, and his companion, R. D. Andrus, after spending several hours at the Electronic Lounge, were leaving at the time the lounge closed after midnight. As they were leaving they helped push and start a car driven by Mrs. Ruth Jackson, who had been working at the Electronic Lounge that evening. Mrs. Jackson was accompanied by Doris Green.

The appellant had also been a patron at the same lounge that evening, but it seems that he and the deceased, and the deceased’s companion had had no…