JONES v. STATE


230 S.W.2d 991 (1950)

JONES et al. v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 9, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Park, Jefferson City, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


PREWITT, Justice.

Defendants, Gene Jones and Joe Ben Burke, were each convicted of assault and battery, with punishment of a fine of $25 and sentence of 30 days in jail, from which they have appealed.

The alleged assault occurred on August 23, 1949. The prosecutor, John C. Perry, was foreman of the cake room in a local bakery in Morristown. The defendants, both young men, had been employed in this bakery up to the day of the trouble, but upon that day were...

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