State v. Tollett

Defendants in error, White Miller Tollett, Church Calvin Lester, Alva Ulysses Walling, and Thomas Lee Wallcer, were jointly indicted for the murder of Boma Jean Gouge, Sonia Gouge, and Luena Gouge, in Carter County, Tennessee. There were three indictments and three counts in each indictment. In the third count of each indictment defendants in error, Walter Lee Walling, Johnnie Yaughn, Myrtle Ferguson, and Walter Ferguson, were charged with being accessories after the fact in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. The murders were alleged to have been committed in Carter County.

Defendants in error moved…