State v. Moore

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

The defendants, O. P. Moore, T. H. Phillips, Alvin Gray, and George Williams, all Negroes, were indicted by the grand jury for the Parish of Natchitoches for the attempted murder of Webb J. Edmonds, a. white man, by beating and kicking him, and were placed on trial before an all white jury. George Williams and O. P. Moore were adjudged guilty as charged and were sentenced to hard labor in the state penitentiary for a period of one year and three years, respectively. T. H. Phillips and Alvin Gray were found guilty of aggravated assault, and each was sentenced to a term of…