Caldwell v. State

Ed. F. MoFaddxN, Justice.

The appellant, Caldwell, was convicted of murder in the second degree for the homicide of Clarence Shoels, and prosecutes this appeal. Appellant and Shoels were members of the Negro race, and passed the afternoon and evening of December 25, 1947, in a Negro gambling house in Dermott, known as “Tim’s Place.” The existence of this and other similar gambling places is glaringly reflected; three of the five witnesses called by the State, and seven of the eight witnesses called by the defendant, admitted that they were participants in the gambling at ‘ ‘ Tim’s Place. ’ ’…