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ft* stir Penalty fttr - -Negro Who Killed lt;Lexington Officer4-Gaither Lovelady, negro, charged , by indictment with mudred in connection with the fatal shooting of J. C. ! Brewer, night officer at Lexington, was given the death penalty by a jury in District court at Giddings, January 1C.The negro shot officer Brewer as he was being placed in jail at Lexington on December 15 for disturbing the peace. Brewer died in a local hospital several days after he had been shotIt was the first death penalty given by a jury in Lee county in 40 years.
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Cameron Herald
Cameron, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 31, 1946
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