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Georgetown Daily Item

Location

Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1908

Page

3

Billings sues Charlotte Observer for libel in NC

Reverend C M Billings files suit in county clerk office against the Charlotte Observer alleging malicious and defamatory article damaged his name and reputation. He seeks $30,000 in damages with counsel Hon W W Kitchin Johnston Ivie Glidewell Lane. Billings, a Baptist minister from Pittsylvania County Va, has long served in North and South Carolina and faced a paralytic condition in his wife Addie Moore Billings. The case promises to be vigorously pursued.

Rev. C. M Bil- 4 Arlette Observer Observer Billings Charlotte Observer W. W. Kitchin Johnston & Ivie Glidewell & Lane Pittsylvania County Baptist North South Carolina Leaksville Addie Moore Wm. Moore Bethlehem Rockingham County Ee Ycaeait N.C

Judge in trance wrote opinion in Tennessee death case

Chattanooga Tenn March 5 A remarkable story emerges about an opinion of the Supreme Court of Tennessee affirming the death sentence of Andrew.

Chattanooga, Tenn Supreme Court of Tennessee Andrew

Memory of a Trance Writing a Landmark Opinion

The piece recounts a 1870 Tennessee Supreme Court tale where Chief Justice Williams authored a key opinion while in a trance. Justice Nicholson wrote it, Peter Turney, future governor, witnessed the event as Nicholson rose from bed to draft and then recall nothing the next day. The elaborate ruling affirmed the lower court and cites many authorities.

Nicholson Turney Chattanooga

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