After deliberating from Friday until Saturday of the following week, more than eight days the jury which heard the case of the State vs. C.B. Brody, in which he was charged with burning a store building in Walnut Cove, brought in a verdict of guilty last Saturday at noon. The defendant was immediately sentenced by Judge McElroy to serve a term of not less than five and not more than seven years in the State prison. The defendant’s attorneys gave notice of appeal and Mr. Brody’s appearance bond was fixed at $5,000. Bond was given and the names of the following citizens appear on it: W.T. Brody, J.T. Brody, A.F. Marshall, J.R. Voss, J.A. Lewis, C.R. Hutcherson, Jacob Fulton, R.I. Vaughn and P.W. Davis.
This trial was one of the longest ?? out in the history of Stokes criminal court and created a great deal of interest. It will be recalled that the trial of the case was started ?? term of criminal court ?? of the men ??
From the front page of the Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, April 15, 1925. Last lines were unreadable.
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