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B. C. CAMPBELL1S FREED I BY JURY IN DOUGHERTYFound Not Guilty of Murder of John Harrell at Camilla.V. I tuny lt;ru ixnuary 14—(SpeciaJ — A \-rrdict of not guilty In the case of Tj i Campbell former marshal at P^Iharn \Titche[l county charged with th m udei f John Harrell was an nounccd here I nlghl at 7 4.j o clock just aft r the jury had returner! f**om sippei The ta.sr. was piven over to th*n Olljwing th charge of Judge e* (..ox t f ths. Albany circuit, at » 4u clo k u» the evening This wan th third hearing of the clt;tsc it h.ivi ik been brought here on a change of v. nu* from Mitchell sup*.mi lomr. fnllnv/mg: the gr.mtinn of a u i\ n .1 to the defendant by the st-itc uprtm o urt about three weeks ago lli i(is w is first heard 'it Camilla in A(i111 idu two weeks after the kill inp whu.h otcuricd on the streets ol , 1 Ih.tui on li afternoon of fc-astrr bun day an i thi. icsult f this hearing wada mlsrrirfl In th n r rnt of 191 f hewas as a In tried lound guilty and sen lenc°(l to lift* i npris-ontrxniOn ts Hurl a-Qiini, the rasn was i«tken u n \tbunv n last Tuesday ifTcrno n Ther-- w**r 1 wltHcs-ea s hjot ict .n h th si I s and about n or He St: wen- used Two clays with ouc late i ifshl session were taken up n the h i mg ol ult;timony Hun drcds of i l_ti vrs and mends on both sides wcro in attendant* throughout t io trial from M tchell and elsewhere, rf.nlt;i w lit*n Lhc vci lirt was read toolpht there was a sp* c tacular scons In the courtroom th* defendants aged fa taer rn thi.r wife siBte.ru and brolh-rs be11 o u t’n 1 im at the time J videncc n tho as* showed thatbad feel rial ixxt'tsd between thetwo rucn t tJnci e.irs since a timewhen the defendant as marshal at Camilla, ai rested the deceased Numw-ous threats on the lif* ot the officerhad bien made by film According tothe testimony l\lien they met on the Streets of Pelham on the fatal after noon the. two men i mj tlfd their pds tola at ♦ u h other (\i:nj belt was shot in the thigh rftiil hlrf assistant Josh Hairc shot In the shoulderCOW THEFT CONFESSEDR ! ]i s i \I —Jai Mr Ma .1 nl Oc D*LiluiMr Ma ./ul C)lt; IanSOISUIhodoiSt.llatliehlfUvcJoepa.tinGOIontlotoSOIdoibairoaaplprkiiQfi wl I
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sat, Jan 15, 1916
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