State v. Edwards

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Gary.

The following statement appears in the record:

“The defendant, Will Edwards, a colored ex-soldier, was indicted*at the January, 1922, term of the Court of General Sessions, on a charge of highway robbery; it being alleged that he, on the night of December 4, 1921, between 6 and 7 o’clock had robbed Mrs. T. E. Jones, a white lady, residing on the corner of Butler Avenue and Buncombe Street, one of the most prominent thoroughfares in the city of Greenville. The defendant was tried before Judge Frank B. Gary and a jury, on January 9…