Jack Smith of Northampton Pardoned by Governor, Nov. 20, 1920

Raleigh, Nov. 20--a conditional pardon has been granted by Governor Bickett to Jack Smith, Northampton county man convicted at the August, 1916, term of superior court and sentenced to seven years in the state's prison for manslaughter. The prisoner has made a model prisoner and the judge, solicitor and county officials of Halifax county petitioned for the pardon. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 20, 1920)