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summer of 1930.NEGRO ISASSESInLIFEa vWIillwtlt;aPettns Kilters IMca Of i»»Ciuiltv On Two rWfChargesEntering a pien -if guilty on two charges in tin* Killing of Jim O a lit* go and Abollno Ogas, Mexicans. hero lar.t November, Ameul Pettus, negro, was assessed a lifewlWlOtKiterm in the penitentiary in district court Tuesday. Tin* actionof defense attorney Illanton of the law firm of Blanton Simmons, San Antonio, in entering a plea ofguilty eame as more or less of a surprise to the many who were at the courthouse to bear the tes-pertimony, the defense attorney’s examination of prospective jurors indicating that self defense would be claimed. A special venire of 100 jurors had been summoned. orabeSiloiFiIka iifor the case and the courthouse jj\{was thronged with these jurors and others who came to heur the trial.The case attrncted a great deal of attention owing to the prominence of both Mexicans killed.U. D. Driver, alleged accomplice of Pettus, will probably be tried at a special session of court to be held later on, Judge C. R. Sutton indicated this week.aofp«yeanal
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Alpine Avalanche
Alpine, Texas, US
Fri, Mar 07, 1930
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