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New Nash Sheriff AnnouncesMembership Of Departmentg1-1■yt-nigr-i-6utT. )-in al a, :etitsilltoao-The personnel of the Nashrouiiv-y saeiit'is department forthe new four-year term beginning n^xfc- y was announced today by Glenn O. Womble i- [ of Rocky Mount, Incoming sheriff., Womble listed the followingdeputies for his department:Ai'ciiuv iiiowii, Batley; Ollie Laughter,' Spring Hope; Lewis Beal, Nashville: and D.C. Hookr er, iViuunt.. xhe .onlychange in the present membership of the department; . wasmane in Rocky Mount.Grover C. Collins of NashviUe will - ntinue to serve in his capacity; as county jailer.au announcing the, /'names of the \offifters to serve' under him, Womble pledged that his de parfcment will work with all law enforcement officers in Nash county and. all surjcounding; counties jLOO percent. He said,1 also, that nis deputies would not war., only in their- respective .communities, but would be dh call any whore needed. “I will strive to make the Nash county sheriff’s department one of the best in the state,” he declared.At the present time, Womblehas no plans to “ask the countyior an/anng.” He explains that he wanin to familiarize himself with the needs of his new job first.“After -I get m.v bearings, ’ he said, “I may request the county commissioners to provide my department with radio service and other equipment if I deem such equipment neces sary to the proper functioning of cue department.”Womble succeeds Sheriff M. C. Gullev of Nashville Gulley, formerly Nash county coroner, was appointed about two years ago to fill the unexpir-ed term of the late C. V. (Legs) Faulkner.Prison SentenceChanged In NashtsofPSa-ainreof;s-li-leinn«a:ts»rinrmAtNASHVILLE, Nov. 30 — Nash County Superior Court Judge Walter J. Bone reconsidered a manslaughter sentence early Wednesday afternoon and ordered a change.Rowland Liles, 29-year -old Sims man indicted for the murder of Tom Jones, Bailey service station operat.., early Shis month was originally ordered to state prison . for a term not less than 12 months nor more than three years. Judge Bone changed the order to re?» not less than 12 months nor mi t than three years.The defense attorney request ed and was allowed to withdraw his plea of not guilty to se cond degree murder and entei a plea of guilty to manslaughtei as the court reconvened hereWednesday morning.The surprise move follow -ed the two-hour trial Tuesday afternoon when the attorney for the defendant based his testi mony on self-defense.. Solicitor George Fountain re* asked that punishment be mod-,8-®1 erate in view of the circum 1 stances involved. • 1 .jjjLiles was accused of shoot ! 1 ing to death the 65-year - old Jones man in the latter’s place of business. Officers testifiedthat a semi-automatic .22 calib er rifie was fired least 11 times. Six bullet holes were tow d in the floor of the station and five wounds were inflict ed on Jones.The defense attorney deciar ed that the dead man had aInn o* orimitiol rppnr/1 HoHnnVdecCoiiikRi’vthe mi* me 1 in 1 sfca mo era pos whwilBa:Cintie:i«’01Noiegunlt;anlt;wnthetooil]1elJolonmmeroithicaiiiiJOthlt;artii
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Thu, Nov 30, 1950
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