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Drunk and moonshine cases highlight court session
In a midlevel municipal court docket 72 cases were listed for trial. The top matter involved Clara Payne charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and Moultrie Ballard with illegal possession of moonshine whiskey after a prior week’s incident. Payne received 15 days jail. Ballard’s moonshine case slated for Wednesday. Other notable actions included Lula Allison charged with assault and battery with a chair over a husband dispute, receiving a suspended 15 day sentence with fines. Numerous lesser cases followed, including verdicts and fines for assault and battery, vagrancy, and disorderly conduct.
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Clara Payne
Moultrie Ballard
Miss Payne
Ballard
4Th Ave
Thomas
Calvin Mapp
James Watkins
Cora Lee Hollins
Sammy Charlton
Nathaniel Spann
James Johnson
Watkins
Gloria Rogers
Hollins
Charlton
Spann
Virginia Williams
Johnson
Peggy DeVeaux Johnson