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BRIGHT v. STATE

232 S.W.2d 53 (1950)

BRIGHT et al. v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Acuff & Acuff, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

GAILOR, Justice.

Defendants Charles Bright and Silas Walker appeal from conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence to imprisonment for 99 years in the penitentiary.

Except for the testimony of one eyewitness, the State's case is based on circumstantial evidence, and the defense is an alibi.

Ralph Mason, who was murdered, operated a small store on the Ball Play Road some 7 miles east of Madisonville, in Monroe County. A few minutes after...

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