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MERCER COUNTY | MAN ACQUITTEDBy Th* 5 Prlt;v t ‘Bluefield. W. W. April 1« — I Charles Dillon, of M Comas, v, a% acquitted in Mercer county erim* in '1 court today of murder charges, but wa* sent, need to six months imprisonment for carrying a pistol without a license.He contended at his trial on charges of slasmg Hughey I.ucms, Mercer county officer, that heshot 1-u ms in self defense duringa quarrel which occurred when ! I.ucas molested Mrs. Dillon.When the jury returned the'crdiet of a quit' 1, Dillon inter-ed a plea of guilty to carrying a pistol and was sentenced to sixmonths in the county jail with credit for the time hr his been in jail since Lucas was shin on March,
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Apr 17, 1932
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