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TIFTUT.n, m-T.KT.F.V, \V. VA., MONDAY MORNING, JUN* Wyoming CountyIIndictmentsReturnedmita IW yomingI.h PINF.VILLE (HNS) — Wilbur ette If Collins, informed thet«r.idleidBuchanan, who was indicted in Wyoming Circuit Court for afelony, pleaded guilty last weekand was sentenced to serve one to ten years in the West Vir ginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. The court suspended theie,is,sentence and Buchanan was placed on probation for a three-year period subject to the rules and regulations of probation one of|of which was the restitution of all damages occasioned by the crime.Felony indictments againsto,n,ab Truman Blankenship, Jack Uc acourt that the defendant had faithfully executed all terms ofprobation heretofore imposedupon him jIn a felony case of Joseph F, Gunter, the defendant by his attorney, asked the court to withdraw a prior plea of guilty and enter a plea of not guilty to the ehargc contained in the warrant i It was so ordered. A jury heardthe evidence and argument of council and returned the ver-j diet of guilty. He was sentencedto pay a fine of $100 and costs nd to he confined in the coun-iofttBishop and Lewis Shrewsbury ty jail for six months.were dismissed th! Felony indictments ia I George Morris, Johnny black-r, burn, Michael McKinney, Miltonn; Lewis West, Franklin F. Ferrell and Everett Miller were continued.Also continued was a criminal appeal against Douglas Grind-it11rkasIIinJc.mDewey Lee Pack was released from the terms of probation after the probation officer. Ever-Michael Mullens pleaded guil-against ty to a felony and was sentencedto the West Virginia Penitentiary for one to ten years. Council for the defendant moved the; court will consider the motion and will give a ruling July 1.The trial for a felony against Riley M Thompson and Larry Stewart has been postponed until the June 25.u*lisdllsir★ Coal River AreaP. D. Williams. 61ill!DiesHospitalIn a felony indictment against Buford Shrewsbury, motion was made to reduce the indictment jto the lesser included offense of (unlawful wounding and the defendant pleaded guilty to the lesser charge. The court was in -! formed that the accused is suffering with a bad back condi tion and is scheduled for possible surgery at Bluefield Sanitarium. Proceedings were postponed until July 2.William Squire Toler, who wasCLEAR CREEK (RNS)Perry D. Williams, 67, died Sat- ... . . , , . . ,,urdav in a Beckley hospital , a mov^* * r rmirt tn romir#* the* oh arno tfa unafter a long illness.He was a disabled coal miner and a member of the Unitedcourt to reduce the charge to un lawful wounding, the defendant pleaded guilty to the lesser charge and was sentenced to oneMine Workers of America andt ___. .the Workman’s Creek Methodist *ca[ in V1® county jail subjectChurch.Born in Fayette County, Oct. 17, 1901, he was a son of the late Joe Williams and Mrs. Vergie Gilliam Williams, who survives.Other survivors include his wife, Mrs, Macie Williams; a daughter, Mrs. Oreta Sticklen ofTheexecution of the sentence was suspended and the defendant was placed on probation for aperiod of three years.The felony case of Arley Walls was tried before a special judge, A. Ritz Kingdon, duiy elected by the members of the bar practicing in Wyoming County. TheWhitesville: a sister, Mrs. Dura . .Richmond of Route 1. Mount■TI „ . 1,1 j Walls, not guilty and the de-iHopo, and oru uandchud. fondant was discharged and the The funeral will be held at 2 g !p.m. Tuesday in the Tyree Fu-j®0™1 rekased-neral Home Chapel at Mount \ g* —.Hope with Rev. Homer Hisei |lnAnno LIoutchctioi
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Beckley Post Report
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Mon, Jun 03, 1968
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