not been allowed to talk with his relatives about securing him a
Bibb County lawyer. The judge allowed the trial to proceed and
Walker was convicted and sentenced to die. In the meantime; his
family was allowed to see him and they secured counsel who appealed
the case to the Georgia Supreme Court which ordered a new trial on
the grounds that he should have heen given a contimance to select
counsel,: At his second trial in Bibb County, he was again convicted
and sentenced to die and this time the confiction was affirmed. He
was electrocuted at the Georgia State Prison on April 28, 19h.
MACON TELEGRAPH, Macon, Georgia, April 28, 194)
19), GEORGIA REPORTER 727
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not been allowed to talk with his relatives about securing him a
Bibb County lawyer. The judge allowed the trial to proceed and
| ‘walker was convicted and sentenced to die. In the meantime; his
family was allowed to see him and they secured counsel who appealed
the case to the Georgia Supreme Court which ordered a new trial on
the grounds that he should have heen given a continuance to select
counsel, At his second trial in Bibb County, he was again convicted
and sentenced to die and this time the conffiction was affirmed. He
was electrocuted at the Georgia State Prison on April 28, 19h.
MACON TELEGRAPH, Macon, Georgia, April 26, 19)
19), GEORGIA REPORTER 727
ll SE CD AG 2) 2 SE CD CSE
not been allowed to talk with his relatives about securing him a
rer. The judge allowed the trial to proceed and
S ed to- die, In the meantime his
family was allowed to see him and they secured counsel who appealed
the case to the Georgia Supreme Court which ordered a new trial on
the grounds that he should have geen given a contimance to select
counsel, At his second trial in Sib County, he was again convicted
and sentenced to die and this time the confictior rmed. He
was electrocuted at the Georgia State Prison on April 26, “Dhiie
MACON TELEGRAPH, Macon, Georgia, April 28, 19hh
19h GORGIA REPORTER 727
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WALK ‘R, Robert
Walker, a 26=vear-old black farm laborer, lived in Jones Co., Ga. On
the afternoon of Dec, él, 1941, he went to the home that a Shevear-
old white crippled spinster Shared with her Sister's family. The wo-
man was alone and Walker overpowered and raped her, The woman lost
description of her assailant which was given to the Sheriff, Shortly
afterwards, the Sheriff and his son met Walker, who fitted the des~
cription, and another black man walking on the road and when Walker
refused to give up his pistol, the Sheriff shot him in the arm, Be-
cause of the intensity of local feeling and the possibility of a
lynching, Walker was taken to the Bibb County Jail for safekeeping,
appointed counsel visited him briefly and informed him that they had
been appointed to represent him. Under instructions from the Sheriff
of Jones County, he was allowed no other visitors and when his family
came to see him, they were refused, when his case came for trial,
WALK :R, Robert
Walker, a 26-year-old black farm laborer, lived in Jones Co., Ga. On
the afternoon of Dec, 21, 191, he went to the home that a Sl-year-
description of her assailant which was given to the Sheriff, Shortly
afterwards, the Sheriff and his son met Walker, who fitted the des-~
appointed and a change of veme granted to Bibb County. His court-
appointed counsel visited him briefly and informed him that they had
been appointed to represent him. Under instructions from the Sheriff
of Jones County, he was allowed no other visitors and when his family
came to see him, they were refused, hen his case came for trial,
his attorneys announced that they were ready, but Walker saiq that he
was not as he wanted to employ counsel of his own choosing ahd had
WALK.R, Robert
» he was allowed no
See him, they were refused,
‘orneys announced that they wer.
as he wanted to employ counse:
to
his att
was not
who fitted the des-
the road and when Walker
shot him in the arm, Be-
Iker said that he
sing ahd had
