Hamlet, June 23—Charges of murder against Bransom Millikin, his wife, Fannie Mae Millikin, and James Smith, resulting from the killing of John McGee, a negro, at the home of Mr. Millikin on Sunday morning, June 11, were dismissed after a preliminary hearing in a packed court room before Recorder J.C. Leigh this afternoon.
Evidence was introduced by Prosecuting Attorney Wade Saunders in an effort to show that the negro was inured by a blow behind the right ear before being killed by a load of buck shot, and a physician was called to the stand to testify. The defense claimed that the negro was killed in Millikin’s front porch with a brick in his hand, which was sufficient reason for his death. After long arguments by the prosecution and the defense composed of four lawyers, the case was dismissed.
From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922
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