STOOKSBURY v. STATE


274 S.W.2d 10 (1954)

Billy STOOKSBURY and Jack Lay v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 16, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Charles C. Burks and Frank L. Flynn, Knoxville, for defendants.


PREWITT, Judge.

These two defendants Billy Stooksbury and Jack Lay were convicted on indictments tried jointly, for the offenses of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree and larceny, with maximum prison sentences being set at twenty-one years and ten years respectively.

The victim was Mrs. Swann Smith, who lived in Knoxville, and it seems that she was casually acquainted with Stooksbury before this occurrence, but did not know the defendant...

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