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Percy Moran Suggests 4-Month Sentence, Judge Brock Gives Bigamist 16 Months, Aug. 1, 1922

Judge Asked Bigamist to Suggest Sentence; Then He Added 11 Months

In superior court Saturday morning, Judge W.R. Brock of Wadesboro, presiding over the court, sentenced Percy L. Moran, a convicted bigamist to serve 16 months on the county roads. Before declaring the sentence, ae asked Moran to say what he thought would be a reasonable sentence for such a crime. Judge Brock declared that fortunately, or unfortunately, we are not now living in the age of Solomon, for the reason that few of us have the sense of that gentleman of Biblical history, and as a consequence few of us can handle more than one wife at a time without getting into trouble. Moran seemed to think that four months on the roads would be a-plenty, but the judge had other ideas.

Other cases coming up this morning were as follows:

In the case of Frank Ring, charged with abandonment, a mistrial was declared.

Virgil Edwards was convicted of embezzlement, but sentence was postponed until Monday.

James Richman was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to eight months on the county roads.

George Wilson, colored, charged with housebreaking, larceny and receiving, was convicted and sentenced to two yeas on the county roads.

Tom Wilks was convicted of the shooting of Officer W.M. Cofer, some time ago, when that officer was making an arrest. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.

Cyrus Swaim came up on the good behavior docket, and failing to prove that he had been at work during the past six months was sentenced to 12 months on the county roads. The judge recommended that he apply for a job now and that by the end of that time he might be able to get one. Judge Brock said that it was always the policy of the government to give such as he a job.

From The Western Sentinel, Winston-Salem, August 1, 1922

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