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Sweeny Man Gets5-YearA Jast; minute change of mind by the defendant speeded bpproceedings in the murder trial of Murray Baugh in the 23rd Judicial District Court in An-gleton, Monday. The defendant was sentenced to serve five years in the Texas Depart-ment of Corrections.changed his pica to guilty after the entire morning had been consumed by a motion for continuance, which was overruled by Judge G. P. Har-ay Jr., and by selection of one puror from three questioned.^uJP, aLvenlre h3d been e cas«- and jury selection was expected to takebut Baugh and his attonieys, Stanton Stone andJJ lit 0 Freeport» enter-« Jlnto ®n a«reefnent with the State, through District Alter-r?.Lee* whereby.the dis-ihat ,. ?rnejr recommende dmat the jury assess Baugh’s Punishment at five years' im-pruonment.The state put on only three witnesses, and their side of the case took a total, of 35 minutes. The defense called two char-£«. only five minutes for their questioning,which revealed that Baugh, u Sweeny Negro, is considered to nave a good reputation in the community,; was accused of murdering 33-year-old Waldo Emer ton Brown, also a Negro, afterTh#a*£Sl?at 0ver * woma»-The shooting occurred at Bau-gbs beer tavern near Old cn-!0ciai APnl 13, 1S58, ted I ^°epu,ty Sheriff B. E. McCoyEh- {J *^5/letdn* .who investigated ad told the court thatha? ta?£en hLm to their home to show him theirS«ir,a t? CaUbre SraItfi «ndSSc*?* gnn wa* usuallySff ced^ chest, hefold the Eclunr^nwasDasnittf5 [ ^v 6 Ifitructed verdJct of in a parked car and saw the ^ ty anrf assessih8 the punish wo men go around the building ment at ,iv*but could not see th^m when she beard the shots, she said she was in the car which took“™’her nephew, to a hospital. She said. Baugh is her cousin. She said he stated that Baugh had shot him, and that he waS dead on arival at a hospital in Wharton.Thtr Jury deliberated less than five minutes before returnment at five years imprison-merit, as per the agreement between defense and statqLttor-neys. p*n Monday’s docket, two menSJhVS .proha{ion revoked.Both had been sentenced to five years probation on.robbery charges, and both probations were revoked by Judge Hardy. They were Albertto Brown and Edward Dirzanowski.Mostonch-Voters In CountyA rain front n... ... . _ .ip- ~~rj tr.r.fc , ceaar chest, h« in- the,key was.already toA rain front fanned out over South Central Texas and East Texas today as the state’s voters went to the polls.Tbe rains, centered mainly onthe Texas Gulf Coast, were light and were not expected to have a great effect on the voting turnout.Nevertheless, weather conditions and the usual slow morning, run, was cutting down the Brazosport turnout.With light showers falling over Brazosport, the voting got off to- a slow start. However, the pace /is expected to Pickup this afternoon, and should be strong from 5 p.m. until the 7 p.m. closing time.A spot-check* maed by The Brazosport Facts at 11 a.ra, today showed that around 40 persons had voted' at the high school fa Freeport; 42 had cast votes at the Velasco Fire Station and 90 had voted at the Lake Jackson Junior High. -Voting at Cluie appeared toI i ...aHigh School.The rain belt was moving southeastward and was expected to break up this aftcnTm and aid in the voting. Temperatures ranged frim 28 at Dalhart to a 64 at Corpus Christi. Today was the filth straight day that Dalhart his been chilled by siib-freezi tg temperture3.Warmer weather was forecast in North and West Texas, while cooler conditions were expected in Northwest Texas.Miss Helm ElectedFFA SweetheartGrace Helm, one of Brazos port High School's junior coed* was elected sweetheart of th BHS Future Farmers of Amer ica at a recent meeting of th local chapter*Miss Helm, who isreijD was.fooiadK.und^tii#;^.^*^}.- •• ;'tress..Aj«r. U which • ] Kid*for the gun were w* -~!T3_“I *VIC15he [ on the bed. ---- w _------- wjiw is fro:be the hightest at least through Jones Creek, will serve tt 11 rjx\.9 as some 11 persons hadl^^A Chapter In that role ti filed through the Clfcte Junior y^ar and -durir***** iteng $411 For CROPhe with ttm btolltt token - :5?”1*- Overseas Program-L*'.4SSiZZs d££ s jgalt;te“FH^r tte “uet“°nuks-tt-*■*SSS-^Si ™ 5» a dr :: i?s^,r- la»*: .*■ “^fUnr• She ^will also represent th?fff1tS6fyt „ehaP^r at the Dis trist FFA Sweetheart Conver «dny: ^eduied. to be held i .Wharton during February* Miss Helm is the daughter o Mr* and Mrs. Jack Helm o Jones Creek*n.R*Attending' ConventionAmong pastors attending tt General Baptist Convention lt;Texas in San Antonio this we« are Rev. and Mrs. John I Beard cf Lake Jackson Fir; Baiist Church and Rev. an Mrs. Bill Campbell ‘ of Clul Temple Baptist Church,They will represent merpbet of their respective churches i convention business and wt
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Freeport Brazosport Facts
Freeport, Texas, US
Tue, Nov 04, 1958
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