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SIMMONS v. STATE

No. 4873.

305 S.W.2d 119 (1957)

Frank SIMMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ovid T. Switzer and W. P. Switzer, Crossett, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., Thorp Thomas and Clyde Calliotte, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

WARD, Justice.

Appellant, a Negro man 63 years old, was convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying of George Wells on the early morning of October 20, 1956. The deceased and another white man named Fred Watkins were discovered by appellant in a car with a Negro woman, Hattie Mae Williams, parked near the house where appellant and his family lived. Circumstances later developed left no doubt that the white men...

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