Robertson v. State

Defendant, Jimmie Robertson, a Negro, appeals from conviction for the malicious shooting of Yirl Perry, another Negro, in Fayette County, in June, 1947, and sentence of three years in the penitentiary.

There was quite a gathering of Negroes who observed Children’s Day at Clover Garden Church on a Sunday in June, 1947. The shooting occurred near this church, and several witnesses testified that they were present at the time of the shooting. The prosecutor, Yirl Perry, had served a term in the penitentiary for second-degree murder for killing the niece of defendant. After serving some sis or…