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Sfirewalt GetsSuspended TermGRAHAM, N. C. Ml—Arthur C. Stirewalt has been given a suspended four to six year prison sentence and a $12,500 fine for his part in} the nylon yarn theft case heard in j Alamance Superior Court here.The Hickory hosiery manufacturer, who changed his plea from not guilty to nolo contendere (no contest) late yesterday wasj charged with receiving stolen! goods. He was sentenced by Judge! W, K. McLean, after the jurist con-; ferred with officials of the companies who claimed losses through! the thefts.Conditions of the sentence included that the fine be used to repay the three Burlington firms that lost yarn in the two-year series of thefts and to defray court costs.Earlier in the trial, Stirewalt said that he didn’t know that 32 cases of nylon yarn h© purchased from Paul Love of Burlington were “hot.” But Love testified Tuesday! that when he sold the yarn to Stire-j wait, he told the manufacturer it! was stolen goods. jLove and five others involved In i the case were sentenced Tuesday.Companies which claimed losses in the case were the Burlington truck terminal of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina: Transportation Corp., the Whitehead plant of Burlington Mills and Southerland Fabrics Coro, of Gra-
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Sat, Oct 25, 1952
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