Mystery letters loom in Cooper case at Augusta trial
Evidence gathered in Augusta trial hints Mrs. Cooper may have written anonymous threats to Marion Carey, sweetheart of Charles D. Northy Jr. Letters to May Carey of Cooper’s Mills and delivery actions are contested as some letters were destroyed. Testimony from Edith Given and Mary Given ties Mrs. Cooper to the area while defense questions letter handling and possible berry gathering.
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Augusta
Marion Carey
Testimony on church meeting linked to Northy death
Rosie E. Clifford described a Sunday night church meeting with Mrs. Cooper and Northy that led to his death. She testified that Charley Northy stayed outside then entered, while Mrs. Cooper called him over and later went with Marion Carey to Clifford’s home. The ice cream social at the Grange hall featured Cooper and Northy together as Ruby Doe urged Northy to play. Dr. A. V. Sturtevant was recalled for further testimony.
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Northy
Rosie E. Clifford
Grange Hall
Charley
Dr. A. V. Sturtevant
Supreme Judicial Court denies mandamus on liquor license case
Justice Sheldon rules the Board of Police may decide license recipients and dismisses the mandamus petition with costs. The action sought to compel a first class liquor license for the O'Brien brothers at 152 Summer street near Dewey square, after three years of refusals despite holding a second class license.
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Sheldon
Supreme Judicial Court
O’brien
Summer Street
South Terminal Station
Dewey Square
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