People v. Rimson

Defendant entered a party store operated by the complainant, Mrs. Eva Esman, on or about May 9, 1962. Present in the store at the time of the incident were Ernie Vendervest, an employee of the complainant; Widiha Esman, a 9-year-old daughter of the complainant; and Widiha Es-man’s 10-year-old girl friend, Susan Hamzakls. Augustus Vinson, a friend of the defendant, and Ollie B. McClendon, a cousin of Augustus Vinson, but a stranger to both the defendant and complainant, walked into the store shortly thereafter, at which time an argument was “going on” between the complainant and the defendant.

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