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Saturday, April 23, 2022

W.D. Pethel, Former State Legislator, Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison, April 23, 1922

W.D. Pethel Given 18 Months in Prison

Salisbury, April 22—W.D. Pethel, former postmaster at Spencer, was this afternoon, in federal court, sentenced to Atlanta federal prison for 18 months by Judge Webb. Pethel was charged with allowing the postal funds to show a shortage of $3,800 while he was postmaster. He pled guilty. The defendant is well known in this section and had represented Rowan in the state legislature.

From the front page of The Charlotte News, Sunday, April 23, 1922

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