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GIBBS v. STATE

300 S.W.2d 890 (1957)

Billy Thomas GIBBS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 1, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Beaver and William M. Davis, McMinnville, for plaintiff in error.

Nat Tipton, Advocate Gen., Nashville, for the State.

BURNETT, Justice.

Gibbs was indicted, tried and convicted for the murder of Mrs. Vassey Bratcher and as a penalty was sentenced to electrocution.

This homicide occurred in the early part of March, 1955. The deceased lived with her husband in Warren County about 8 miles from McMinnville. Living with this couple was their daughter about 12 or 13 years of age and the 2 year old granddaughter. The plaintiff in error is a young man who lived a very short distance...

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