Pink Rose of Wayne County and his co-defendant, Leslie Simmons, colored, also of Wayne, charged with the shooting of Allen Howell last December, were acquitted in the Superior Court here last Saturday morning after a trial lasting through three days. The jury was charged at the close of day Friday and that night was spent without reaching a verdict. They reported at 9 o’clock Saturday morning that they were hopelessly undecided, eight standing for acquittal and four for conviction. Judge Bond, by consent of the solicitor, accepted the verdict of the majority for the state, and the two men were set free.
This brought to a close a four-weeks session of Superior Court here. After a recess of two weeks, court will again open here on a civil term.
From the front page of the Goldsboro Herald, Tuesday morning, March 17, 1925
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