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Bishop Nichols Guilty in AME Church Trial
Bishop Nichols was found guilty on seven counts of mal administration and church discipline violations in a Miami trial that reshaped the AME Church finances. The verdict followed four and a half hours of deliberation with presiding officers, witnesses including William B. Stewart and H Talcott Stitch testifying for the prosecution. An appeal was announced, and Florida’s district remains under Senior Bishop Sherman L. Greene.
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Nichols
Florida
Miami
R. R. Wright, Jr
Ladie Alexander
Church
Bishop Nichols
M. M. Lindsey
Gainesville
Fla
Sadie T. M. Alexander
Philadelphia
Ezra M. Johnson
Hot Springs
Ark
Atty, Ernest Jackson
Jacksonville
Atty
Lawson Thomas
H. Thomas Primm
Texas
Harvey Widon
Chicago
Ben H. Hill
Tulsa Okla
T. Wesley Gaines
inUon Bethel
New Orleans
Alva Shaw
Columbus, O
Shaw
AME Church
Edward Waters College
William B. Stewart
H. Talcott Stitch
CPA
General Board
William Pierce
Dr. Jackson
Paul Quinn College
Ana Frank Alen
Richard Allen
Judicial Council of the Church
Udge Perry B. Jackson
Clevelant Ohio
Judicial Council
Sherman L. Greene