State v. Jefferson

Appellants herein and Henry Gordon, alias Willie Gordon,alias James King, all negroes, were convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of murder in the first degree for the killing of Morris Kross. They were charged and tried jointly. The jury assessed the punishment of March Jefferson and Sam Gordon at death and of Henry Gordon at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. All were duly sentenced in accordance with the verdicts and the two first named have appealed. Henry Gordon did not appeal. Appellants have filed no brief in this court. The facts shown by the State's evidence are in…