Will Kelly Not Guilt of Assault Says State Supreme Court, July 12, 1920

From the Hickory Daily Record, Monday evening, July 12, 1920

Kelly Held Not Guilty in Assault Case

By the Associated Press

Spartanburg, S.C., July 12-The state supreme court in an order received here today set aside the verdict of guilty and ordered the release of Will Kelly, an aged negro of Cowpens, this county, convicted of an attempted attack on a little white girl and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The court held that there was no evidence as to his guilt.