The Supreme Court refuses to interfere with the 30-year sentence of H.D. Griffin, Martin county man convicted of being the chief aggressor in the mutilation of Joseph Needleman, a Philadelphia salesman. Griffin was the only defendant to appeal from the sentences imposed by Judge N.A. Sinclair, his sentence of 30 years being the heaviest, none of the others exceeding 10 years.
High Praise was given to Judge Sinclair for the fair and impartial manner in which he tried the case, by Justice Adams who wrote the opinion in the case. After reviewing the exceptions entered in behalf of the defendant at some length, Justice Adams concludes:
“The judgment being within the limits of the law was also in the discretion of the presiding judge and is not subject to review in this court.”
From the first page of the Zebulon Record, Friday, Sept. 25, 1925
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