Killing of Lemon Ricks in Georgia

Incident

Case summary

Lemon Ricks, 50, a turpentine worker, was killed in 1949 by Woodrow Williamson in Toombs County, Georgia. Williamson, his father Causs Williamson, and Lester Mixon, all white farmers, got into an argument with Ricks, during which Woodrow fatally shot him. The three men were arrested. Legal outcome unclear..

Victim(s):

Lemon Ricks


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

Lester Mixon

Causs Williamson

Woodrow Williamson

Perpetrator group type: [ ]

Date of incident: August 1949
Location: Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia
Location type: public space - urban
Allegation against victim: quarreling with a white man

Coroner process
Coroner/inquest: [ ]
Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

Criminal process
Arrest: yes
Charge/indictment/information: [ ]
Grand jury: [ ]
Trial: [ ]
Conviction: [ ]
Sentence: [ ]


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