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Sunday, December 13, 2020

3 Jurors Selected So Far in Murder Trial, Dec. 13, 1920

Morganton, Dec. 13—Three jurors had been selected at 4 o’clock this afternoon in the case of state gainst Cecil and Dock Hefner and Lone Young, charged with conspiracy and murder of Glenn Lippard called for trial this morning at 10 o’clock. It will require all of the day to obtain a jury. The jurymen chosen are A.A. Daie, Alexander Bennett and J.W. Shull. Of the special venire of 100 men summoned last week by the sheriff, 10 had been exhausted in the selection of the three jurors. A large crowd is in attendance on the trial, many witnesses and spectators being here from Hickory and the lower end of Burke county. Judge Thos. J. Shaw of Greensboro is presiding. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Dec. 13, 1920)

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