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Prosecutor Assails Court for Permitting- Cheers From Spectators:njedhoilldeedBeGlt;er,anthFrctlt;ofin.svpmlt;at.IncetAn assault and battery charge against Willis Bray, a negro, o! 83jjVi Walmit rd.. SE,, was nolled in mu-'In ntcipal court, Wednesday afternoon, i£la by Prosecutor Lewis C. Wiggins who said ‘‘I believe it useless to try a case where a packed audience is permitted to applaud and cheer in the presence of the jury.”Prosecutor Wiggins said he was( prompted to nolle the Bray case be- \ cause of the comt'.s failure to maintain silence of spectators in the two-day trial of Miss Leah Faye, common is I leader and organizer of a local unemployed council which ended in her acciuidal by a jury Wednesday morning on a disturbing the ppaee charge.Jury Trial DemandedThe action of the prosecutor followed a request of Attorney. Yetla Land, of Cleveland, counsel for Bray for a jury trial. Judge Howells granted the demand and continued the case until Dec, 11. It was after fhc court granted the continuance that Prosecutor Wiglgns nolled the 5fi charge.The set up is the same as in the | other ease.” he said referring to the | Br trial of Miss Faye. “I believe it use- j Ca less to try a case where a packed j of audience is per ml': A to applaud andi 1 cheer in the presence of the jury.jof For that reason I, as prosecutor.! S. nolle the case.Testimony criticizing the local relief department and its workers offered in the trial of Miss Faye, Tuesday afternoon, brought outbursts I ram the courtroom spectators. Miss Faye was charged with causing a j Tl: disturbance at the relief headiiuar- e« ters in the city lmll building.The charge against' Bray also centers around the relief administration.He is alleged, in an affidavit signed by Miss Ellen Crawford, relief department case worker, to have struck her at’ relief headquarters. Sept. 15. j on Bray denied the charge when ar~ i tqilaigned, , ofJWide.anhea SIWiAliaiiWipilt;B! di ine
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 22, 1934
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