“Judge Blair set down the case of Nettie Baker Shumate, indicted for first degree murder, for trial September 9. A jury was ordered drawn and will report at 9 AM, September 9.”
“Mrs. Shumate was indicted for the murder of John Morris, the barber. When her case was set for trial she was in the court room with one of her attorneys, Judge Noah J. Dever.”1
