Jury for Murder Trial of J.L. Peake Being Selected, July 30, 1922

To Choose Jury for Peake Trial Monday. . . Venire of 200 Men from Outlying Townships Summoned for Monday

Winston-Salem, July 29—Sheriff George W. Flynt of Forsyth county states that it will be Monday morning before the full venire of 200 men, from which a jury is to be selected to try J.L. Peake for the murder of H.B. Ashburn last December will be completed. The veniremen are being selected from the outlying townships and none will be taken from in or near Winston-Salem unless absolutely necessary. The men are being summoned to report Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and it is believed that it will take a day and a half to select the jury and at least three days to try the case.

From the front page of the Raleigh News & Observer, July 30, 1922