Criminal Justice Matters:  Roy Gorham, 1934, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  Inquest Book A, Office of the Clerk of Court, Winn Parish Courthouse,
Winnfield, LA.

Coroner's Inquest

State of Louisiana
Parish of Winn

State of Louisiana v. Eugene "Jabbo" Woods, O. V. Hicks, and Raymond Gordon

At an Inquest taken on August 1st, and 2nd, in the year A. D., 1934, for the
State of Louisiana, at Winnfield, in Ward One of the Parish of Winn,
Louisiana, before the undersigned Coroner and Deputy Coroner, in and for said
Parish, to inquire into the manner and cause of the death of one Roy Gorham,
found lying dead in said Parish and State, upon the oaths of the following
persons, members of the Coroner's Jury, to wit;

W. H. Peters
W. C. Cookston
S. T. Fox
J. M. Teagle
J. H. Lowery

good and lawful men of the Parish of Winn, Louisiana, who being duly sworn and
charged to inquire on the part of the State of Louisiana, when, where and by
what means, or in what manner the said Roy Gorham came to his death, on their
oaths aforesaid, do say that the said Roy Gorham came to his death by and from
wounds on his body which appeared to have been made with a knife or some other
sharp pointed instrument which said wounds were inflicted with the
premeditated design of effecting the death of the said Roy Gorham; that said
wounds were inflicted during the night time of July 22, 1934, apparently
between midnight and day, and that the killing occurred in the Parish of Winn,
Louisiana.

The Jurors aforesaid do here recommend that the three parties now in custody,
namely:
Eugene "Jabbo" Woods, O. V. Hicks, and Raymond Gordon, be held in custody on
the charge aforesaid for investigation and appropriate action by the next
session of the Grand Jury, to be convened and held in the Parish of Winn,
Louisiana, and that the Coroner or some other officers of the Parish make or
prefer charges against the same to bind each and all of them over to said
Grand Jury.

In Witness Whereof, we, the aforesaid Jurors, as well as the Coroner and
Deputy Coroner, have hereunto signed our names to this Inquest, at Winnfield,
in the Parish of Winn, Louisiana, on this, the 2nd day of August, in the year
A.D., 1934.

W. C. Cookston
J. M. Teagle
W. H. Peters
S. T. Fox
J. H. Lowery

Attest:  Harry Fuller
             C. F. Walsworth