The People v. Payne

Herman Harold Rich, Clarence Russell Sefried, Raymond Bailey, Virgil Summers, Fay Payne and Lillie S. Riggs were indicted in the circuit court of Jefferson county for the murder of Rosier Green. Rich entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to a term of fourteen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The other defendants, except Lillie S. Riggs, were tried together by a jury and a sentence of seventeen years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary was imposed upon each of them. Payne sued out this writ of error.

Rosier Green and his brother, Wiley Green, resided about nine miles east of Mt.…