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Local Negroes Found Not Guilty Of Jail Break Aiding
Jefferson Reaves and Turner Barnes, Roanoke Rapids residents, were found not guilty of aiding and abetting in an escape from the city jail. The Halifax county recorder's court heard numerous cases, with other defendants receiving fines, suspensions, or bonds for offenses including drunken driving, speeding, assault, non support, and trespassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Reaves
Turner Barnes
County Recorder’s Court
Halifax
Thomas J. King
Arthur Bryant
Dan Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
Marion Johnson
Eulas Pugh
William Jones
Jenkins Banks
Banks
A. J. Brigman
Walter Peters
W. D. Blaisdell
Glossie Miles
Nelson Smith
Hugh Smith
Scotland Neck
Lucius Brown
Rocky Mount
W. D. Perry
Louisburg
L. R. Spooner
Wilmington
Claude Emory
Chester Mullen
Weldon Negro
Major Parker
Negro
J. W. Porch
Joe Thompson
Major Evans
Hollister