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Magistrate's Jury Acquits Pair In Mercer County Case
Two Mercer County men were acquitted on five misdemeanor charges after a five hour trial. Ernest B. Duffy Sizemore of Speedway and Billy Joe Keffer of Princeton claimed they were beaten by state police and a federal agent during arrest at the Holiday Inn in Princeton in January. Jurors deliberated 58 minutes before delivering not guilty verdicts on obstructing an officer, battery, and intoxication counts.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Holiday Inn
Ernest B
Duffy) Sizemore
Speedway
Billy Joe Keffer
Mike Flanigan
Sizemore
Cpl. C.N. Blizzard
Kenneth Vicchio
U.S. Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tax and Firearms
Vicchio
Wes Morgan
ATF
Bluefield
Kansas City
Keffer
Blizzard
Deborah Gibson
Cpl. Blizzard
E.M. Mitchem
R.D. Falkiner
E.W. Adams
T.L. Vance
Beckley
Morgan
Pat Keffer
Falkiner
Phyllis Martin
Dave Lewis
Duffy
Lewis
Larry Wimmer
Wimmer
David Pedneau
Meadows
Bill Akers
Akers