Friday, November 22, 2019

Judge Dismisses Case Against Charlotte Police, Nov. 22, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 22, 1919

The Charlotte Police Dismissed From the Charge of Murder in the Car Barn Riots by Magistrate. . . Trial Ended Today

Charlotte, Nov. 22—The charges against the Charlotte policemen, who are under an indictment for the murder of five men in the car barn riots of the Southern Public Utilities Company, August 25, were dismissed today by Magistrate Alexander Sloan, before whom they were being tried.

Immediately after Attorney Newell had finished his argument, the magistrate announced that he did not find probable cause for holding to a higher court.

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