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Negro Given40 Years ForWife's Death1CaifiNlrA Somerville area Negro was Is' convicted of second degree murder Tuesday by a Morgan County Circuit Court jury and sentenced to 40 years -imprisonment.Tommy Howard Emerson,who went on trial Monday, wasfound guilty of beating his wife,Rosa, to death in an incidentlast March. Her body was found in a ditch off the River Rd., atlbPPtifew miles southeast of Decatur.Emeraon, indicted by a grandjury last June on a first degree count, had been free onbail bond since being arrestedshortly after the incident occurred. He was committed again to county jail after yesterday'sverdict.lrThe all-white jury deliberated about 90 minutes before rendering its verdict to presidingJudge Newton B. Powell.No immediate plans for ap-Cpeal were mentioned by defending attorney Ralph Slate.rrtiAction was slated to get under way at 9 a.m. today on therape trial of Roy Robertson, 22year-old Hartselle 4 youth accused of sexually molesting aDecatur teenager.See NEGRO on Page 2rrtcclt;
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Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama, US
Wed, Feb 16, 1966
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