BROWN v. STATE

No. 38974.

219 Miss. 748 (1954)

70 So.2d 23

51 Adv. S. 1.

BROWN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 1, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Horan, Water Valley; Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


McGEHEE, C.J.

The appellant, Lessie B. Brown, was found guilty of robbery and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. She was accused of robbing Adrian Taylor of the sum of $3.50. She appeals from the conviction.

On September 3, 1952, appellant, a Negro woman, approached the taxicab of Adrian Taylor, a white man, in the City of Oxford about 10 o'clock in the morning. She entered the cab and Taylor transported...

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