Manslaughter verdict against Hall ends Raleigh County murder trial
Deputy Sheriff K P Hall was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by a Raleigh County jury over the fatal June 1 shooting of Sam Lewis Sexton in the Raleigh County Jail. The defense motion to set aside the verdict was to be heard later, with no sentencing date set. The trial heard testimony from Hall, his wife, a physician, and Fayette County officers, plus more than 20 character witnesses describing Hall as a quiet, peaceful man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Hutchinson
Raleigh County
Hall
Sam Lewis Sexton
Cunard
Fayette County
Raleigh
Sexton
Ned HL ‘Ragland
M. M. Ralston
Beckley
Glenn& Martin
Baltimore
Martin Company
Ragland
Hutchinson
David
Goliath
Weaver Funeral Services For Sidney Grant Weaver
Funeral services for 84 year old Sidney Grant Weaver of Beckley will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Keyser Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L D Roe and George W Bright assisting. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Weaver, a retired coal miner, died Tuesday night after a brief illness. Survived by two daughters, a son, four grandsons, one granddaughter, and a sister he belonged to Beckley Lodge 1606 Loyal Order of Moose. Active pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Grant Weaver
Barwood Street
Keyser Funeral Home
L. D. Roe
George W. Bright
Sunset Memorial Park
Weaver
New River Company
Cranberry
Dempsey
Fayette County
Jonathan
Martha Colins Weaver
Mary Elizabeth Weaver
Grace Weaver Bergines
Gertrude Weaver
Beckley
Eugene L. Weaver
Miami
Fla
Beckley Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
J. P. Collins
Leonard D. Collins
Richard Lewis
E. A. Bergines
Don P. Wolf
R. V. Collins
Houchins Reunion Set for July 8 at Cold Spring
The Houchins family will hold its annual reunion Sunday July 8 at Cold Spring on Indian Draft between Greenville and Wayside in Monroe County. Beckley residents are expected to attend the gathering near the anee.
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Houchins
Greenville
Wayside
Monroe County
Beckley
Anee
City Case Before Court of Appeals
The State Supreme Court was to hear a Beckley case where the City seeks to collect from Henson Properties owned by Theo Hatcher. Hatcher purchased the tax delinquent land on February 20, 1950, and argues the sale satisfied all liens. The city says unpaid liens would punish diligent taxpayers and warns the state never intended to deprive cities of revenue.
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State Supreme Court of Appeals
Beckley
Henson
Theo Hatcher
Hatcher
Circuit
Supreme Court
Sentencing Set July 17 for Women Pleading Guilty to Pinecrest Escape
Judge Harry L. McCreery will pronounce sentences on three West Virginia State Prison for Women inmates Louise Gillespie Laura Robey and Ruby Saunders who pleaded guilty to escaping from the Pinecrest Sanitarium trust y camp. A fourth prisoner Nellie Smith was continued. Other cases include Claude Monroe Anderson pleading guilty to breaking and entering and Albert Houseknecht Bastardy case continued. West Virginia Day holiday observed as court adjourns to 3 am Thursday.
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Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Pinterest Sanitarium
Louise Gilles‘pie
Point Pleasant
Laura Robey
Randolph County
Ruby Saunders
Parkersburs
West Virginia
Earier
Nellie Smith
Charleston
Gillespie
McAllen
Tex
Pinecrest
Robey
Montgomery
Saunders
Winchester
Smith
Claude Monroe Anderson
McCreery
Anderson
Fire Creek Coal Company
Setonators
Albert Houseknecht
Criminal Court
Petit
Army Air Force Sign 22 Area Men Enlistments
Twenty two enlistments announced by the Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station. Carl M. Perry, 35, Beckley, enlisted for three years in the Army and was sent to Fort Meade Maryland. Air Force enlistees include William E. Evans 20 Superior Cletis R Shrewsbury 20 During Edwin Z. Damewood 21 Princeton Lundy 8 Dillon 17 During Ishmael B. Davis Jr 22 Mt. Hope Alton Gayheart 18 Logan Franklin A Wilson 17 Amigo Billie WW Owens 18 Giotto Paul Cole Williamson Donald E. Zornes 18 Mallory Emory L. Ellis 17 Bud James L. Keeney 23 Whipple Jerry 4 Sales 19 Bluefield Harold H. Brinkley 19 Herndon James R. Cook 26 Beckley William C. Washington 18 Glen Daniel Cook sent to Langley Air Force Base Hampton Va. Others go to Lackland Field San Antonio Texas. Enlistees in Air Force Monday assigned to Lackland Field were James A. Milam 18 Cool Ridge Grover G. Dillard 18 Fayetteville Cary R. Holcomb 17 Kessler and James E. Jones 23 Eat Beckley AL four enlisted for four
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Beckley
Alton Gayheart
Logan
Franklin A. Wilson
Amigo
Billie WW. Owens
Giotto
Paul Cole
Williamson
Donald E. Zornes
Mallory
Emory L. Ellis
Bud
James L. Keeney
Whipple
Jerry
Sales
Bluefield
Harold H. Brinkley
Herndon
James R. Cook
William C. Washington
Glen Daniel
Cook
Langleyhai Force Base
Hampton
Lackland Field
San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
Tex
James A. Milam
Cool Ridge
Grover G. Dillard
Fayetteville
Cary R. Holcomb
Kessler
James E. Jones
Eat Beckley
Leader to Speak At Moose Parley
The Loyal Order of Moose appoints Judge Ralph D. Moore as general governor and he will address the West Virginia State Moose Association's annual convention opening at 2 pm Friday July 6 in the Beck ley lodge hall. Moore, longtime Des Moines judge and past Iowa Moose leader, succeeds Edward A. Mifka. Nick Arnold becomes chief deputy general governor.
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The
Loyal Order of Moose
West Virginia State Moose Association
Beckley Lodge
Ralph D. Moore
Malcom R. Giles
Moore
Des Moines
Iowa
Edward A. Mifka
Nick” Arnold
Mig ‘Ka
Iowa State Moose Association
95 Club
Pilgrim
Des Moines College of Law
Mooseheart
Aurora
Physicians to Meet in Raleigh County Tonight
The Raleigh County Medical Society will gather at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at El Chico. Dr. Paul Vaughn, secretary, said Dr. M. J. White of Huntington will be the guest speaker.
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Raleigh County Medical Society
el Chico
Paul &. Vaughn
M. J. White
Huntington
Gilkerson Murder Trial Delayed in Raleigh Court
The murder trial of W B Gill for the May 19 fatal shooting on S Fayette Street is postponed. Assistant prosecutor Knapp says a key attorney illness requires delaying the term. trial now awaits scheduling, with Gillkerson also facing July 9 charges for bribery related offenses.
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Gilkerson
William Edward New
S. Fayette Street
E. C. Bryce
New Fiction and Nonfiction Books Added to County Library Shelves
Raleigh County Public Library reports 78 new books placed on shelves this month including fiction titles such as The Founding by Francis Cardinal Stelman Bird of Prey by Victor Caring and The Festival by J.B. Prestles along with numerous general subjects and juvenile titles. Notable authors include Norman Mailer Shirley Jackson Erle Stanley Gardner Eric Ambler Conrad Richter Elizabeth Yates I A R Wylie Edward Landon James Michener and Sydney Fletcher among others.
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C. H. Graham
Raleigh County Public Library
the Founding
Francis Cardinal Stelman
Bird of Prey
Victor [Caring
Miss Custer
Elizabeth Sebert
J.B. Prestles
Alberta Mura Via
Erle Stanley Gardne Thevin
Edgar Ice Burourh
Frank Yerby
van Wyck Mason
Norman Mailer
Jan Hilliard
Shirley Jackson
John Dickson Carr
Anita Loos
James H. Chase
Lawrence Treat
Burke Davis
Donald R Morris
F. and
R. Lockridge
Marthe Albrand
Stephen Becker
Conrad Richter
Fields
Guardian Heart
Elizabeth Yates
Mary Fitts
Lionel Feuchingery
Deltchev
Eric Ambler
James Aldridge
Therese
I. A. R. Wylie
David Miller
Anne M. Downes
Elizabeth Goudge
J. Berke
Barry Imores
Lionel Barrymore
Robert ¢. Cook
Penny
Heaven
Max Wink
Korea
Robert T
Oliver
Bertrand Russell
Savannah Rivers
America
Thomas L. Stokes
A. Benedict
A. Prankflin
Bellamy Partridge
Vane ‘Randolph
Charles W. Thayer
I Freda Utley
Schoyer
JM. A. Schoyer
Herbert S. Zim
Summer Wells
Paul G. Hoff Iman
James
Colonial Era Authors and Works in One Listing
A compiled string lists multiple writers and titles including George J. Zaffo Silver Wolk Merritt P Aller Secret Cargo Howard Pease Into the World W Emerson J Thompson Merediths Ann Elizabeth J Gray Gener Eisenhower Soldier of Democracy Kenneth 8 Davis Shanghai Passage Brevs Keys of Kenwik Richard Wayne Francis Emily Hahn The Mouse Wife Bummer God den Time for Tapioca Charlotte Stryker Great Whales Herbert Slim Rookie Southpaw Burgess Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Zaffo
Merritt P. Aller
Howard Pease
W. Emerson
J. Thompson
Meredith
Ann
Elizabeth J. Gray
Eisenhower
Kenneth 8. Davis
Shanghai
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Sidney
Truman
Aubrey O. Smith
Mason Harvey
Henry Houchins
Mel Harvey
Tom Troutman
Thomas Biggs
Cecil Miller
Congress
Stet Lifebuoy
Court of Appeals
Army
DR. A. 8. Koch
Optometrist
Beckley Water Co. Bldg
Heber St
Tomor
Cohen
Neville St
W. B. Gill
Kerson
Knapp
Norman Knapp
T. Fisher
Lowell
Hawley
Josephine V. Pease
Abraham Lincoln
Clar Ingram Judson
A Little Fox
Phoebe Erickson
Keeko
Charles Thorson
Bigok
Sydney
Fletcher
Biz
Kentucky
Carly Tories
Miter Co
Early Times Distillery Company
Louisville
TE Trentuck
Pony Express
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
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