Scroggs v. State

1. Four persons were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Joe Cash. From the evidence and the prisoners’ statements the following appeared: The defendants were employed as workmen on a certain fruit farm. Scroggs, one of the defendants, resided on the farm. A path led from his house down the hill to the spring. Near the spring was a “cook house.” On one side of the path the land was cleared and on the other it was in woods. For some time depredations had been committed on the farm, and late in an afternoon during the month of January, Worley and his son Will were discovered at the…