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COBB, Phillip
black
Cobby a 2h-year-old/resident of Montgomery Co., Alas, had shot and
killed his wife with a pistol in 1946. At his trial, he maintained
that the pistol had discharged accidentally while he struggled with
another man, However, the other man denied this and the physical
evidence disproved it.so he was convicted of first degree murder and
sentenced to die, After the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the convic-
tion, the Governor commited the sentence to life imprisonment and
Cobb was moved from death row into a cell in Kilby Prison which he
shared with another black prisoner named Jesse Porter, Both men were
assigned to work in the prison cotton mill and one morning in 1918
Cobb walked from where he was working in the mill to the Spot where
Porter was working, grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around,
and stabbed him in the neck inflicbing a mortal wound. Cobb confessed
to officers that he and Porter had been having a homosexual affair
which, the night before, Porter had EREBEEKSX threatened to discontin-
us and that for this reason Cobb had Killed him. At his trial he de-
nied having said thas and stated that Porter had threatened to kill
him on the night before because he had refused to lend Porter money
with which to buy dope. He claimed that Porter had been accidentally
COBB, Phillip
i black
Cobb, a 2h-year-old/resident of Montgomery Co,, Alas, had shot and
killed his wife with a pistol in 196, At his trial, he maintained
that the pistol had discharged accidentally while he struggled with
another man, However, the other man denied this and the physical
evidence disproved it.so he was convicted of first degree murder and
sentenced to die, After the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the convic-
tion, the Governor commted the sentence to life imprisonment and
Cobb was moved from death row into a cell in Kilby Prison which he
shared with another black prisoner named Jesse Porter. Both men were
assigned to work in the prison cotton mill and one morning in 19))8
Cobb walked from where he was working in the mill to the Spot where
Porter was working, grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around 3
and stabbed him in the neck inflicting a mortal wound. Cobb confessed
to officers that he and Porter had been having a homosexual affair
which, the night before, Porter had ERKSEEKSY threatened to discontin-
ue and that for this reason Cobb had Killed him, At his trial he de-
nied having said thas and stated that Porter had threatened to kill
him on the night before because he had refused to lend Porter money
with which to buy dope. He claimed that Porter had been accidentally
COBB, Phillip
Cobb, a aln-year-old/resident of Montgomery Cos, Ala,, had shot and
f At his trial, he maintained
e struggled with
Cobb was moved from death row into a cell in Kilby Prison which he
shared with another black prisoner named Jesse Porter. Both men were
assigned to work in the prison cotton mill and one morning in 198
Cobb walked from where he was working in the mill to the spot where
Forter was Working, grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around,
Which, the night before, Porter had XHKEKZKAM threatened to discontin-
ue and that for this on Cobb had killed him, At his trial he de-
fied having said thas and stated that Porter had threatened to kill
hin on the night before because he had refused to br orter
with which to buy dope, He claimed that Porter had been accidentally
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