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The Superior court was engaged Monday morning in the trial of a murder charge against Hansell Evans. It was still with the jury at three o'clock that afternoon, the case having been concluded prior to the noon recess. Evans is accused of having killed Lee Austin with a shotgun, following a card party at the Evans home~there in Thomasville. At the afternoon session the murder charge against John Nixon and Flora May Nixon was begun. They are accused of stabbing to death Lennora Malone a few days ago at a beer parlor on Stephens street in town. The stabbed woman died at the hospital a short time after the altercation, part of which was witnessed by a Thomasville policeman patrolling that section but getting to the scene too late to prevent the stabbing. Sadie Crumby, charged with as sault to murder on the person of Haywood Crumby, was found not guilty by a jury. Johnny Thornton was found guilty of robbery of $44 from P. M. Kennedy. The sentence was four to six years. Eddie Robison, alias. Dixis.Robin son was found guilty of assault to murder, when he stabbed Willie Hart. The verdict brought a sen tence, of two,to three years. Charles E. Music, Cecil W. Ra gan and Charles T. Sams, three young white boys from Jackson ville plead guilty to burglary of the home of Henry Cobb on Green wood plantation They were caught by the sheriff after they left the scene but every evidence showed that they had planned to take food, clothing and other things. Their relatives came up and plead for leniency to Judge Duke, who sentenced them to one year each but put them on probation after each had paid a fine of sixty dollars. This was done and Judge Duke urged the parents and the boys to take care in the future, because further crimes of that type or worse would most certain ly bring a long term of grief to them and their families. One of the boys is married, and an ex pectant father. The other two have been in the armed services.
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Thomasville Press
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Oct 27, 1944
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