Thursday, August 22, 2019

Governor Pardons John and George Mahue of Montgomery County, Aug. 22, 1919

From Roanoke Rapids Herald, Aug. 22, 1919

Governor Issues Pardons

“If I were to permit these prisoners to serve longer on the chain gang, I could not sleep at night,” said Governor T.W. Bickett, granting a full pardon to John and George Mahue of Montgomery county, convicted in July of assault and sentenced to 12 months on the roads of Stanly county. The two were c convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of a bloodhound, which the Supreme Court has held, is not sufficient to convict a man.

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