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at eru n i -car-OW2.lent,worn(Luther Lewis TrialEnters Second Day0(1theThenon)l(* l;«1 on Jolm . ofIn County Court\f •uvlixtiiTense faces followed th*rectchudeaHaitanchu‘ IM ) 1 * rentescourtroom drama of the Luther Lewis trial as it unfolded yeMer- i ^day in the Aiken county court-i k *house before a packed t rowd nf white and colored spectators.Judye Joe Moss, of Yoik, hoard the case Atiornevs for the statecomin.tr,tion i nir Rev BisJ ^ thet)iaT : liamson, John H. Willi tins, and, „* Iduelwere Solicitor Berte Carter, Assistant Solicitor Leonard Wil-rent John l4h Williams. The court upturn poiiued Charles Simons and Northeot” man ( ullum lor the deiense. I lavt(ia ssup|cofV.State witnesses called to the stand yesterday were Olin Mason, Wjjro, Police Syt. llen:\*i Hid-. Police Syt. Framptorop- (irep.ory, Deputy Sherill* Wy nan day Busch, point Lt. T. D. Tavelb* fieh the j(K. Riley, N’eyro, and his w’fc | sioni !.a irie Riley, Dr. W. 1). McXan.iDidr.--. ( hid' of Police Jesse L. (ieorye, j tralCounty Sinn iff W. Price Falk w,Albert M. (kortfe, local under-kFD take r, and M. K. W illiams, a bal u*n- lastu* cxptit from Wur.iny ton, ! -y*lt;)(dit I). (’.1 nr. Lewis, li~ year lt;1*1 Ncyro, was. **uf- indic* ed for t he deat n of ( \1 y met policeman Rufus H. Rom is, amifor the death of his father, Jot ' TLewi . chmThe shooting too.; place A n il oho-;en | L’d wlvn Syt. Frampton lt;»re*ouy sixti ncr- ami Policeman Rogers went t . \]( niv* the Lew i- home to stop In aw l. of a of When the Negroes resisted lt;f theforts of the police a fiht took \pbe•*, and during the confusion andJr., it was stated that Lewi; took a to amy pi? to 1 »rem Royer- and iiied t so 'j* *a»: Ciotss into his body and aLo Men oYIlt;lt; * . his * at her. ReaFarlier in the week the court yue-bundled a nuniher of petty cases. .H.. ft (Junior Came! was sentenced J Spelt;yi years for Invakiny into Jehr- by? p* son’s •itof e. LIijali Wood w a, sen Mrs. li i tenced two years for breaking in* Itto a stoie in Salley, and he ha vice ic already served four month; of at tl } he 1 is entent e. it yI »; c
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Aiken Standard and Review

Aiken, South Carolina, US

Fri, Oct 06, 1950

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