Supreme Court Says Griffin Has No Cause for Complaint, Sept. 26, 1925

H.D. Griffin of Martin county, convicted as the leader of the mob which mutilated Joseph Needleman, must serve 30 years in the State prison, the State Supreme Court denying him a new trial. Griffin appealed on the ground of “cruel and unusual punishment,” but the Supreme Court did not agree that he had cause for complaint. Neither does the average North Carolina citizen. The crime for which Griffin was convicted was one of the most revolting in the history of North Carolina, and the public feels that his sentence is not too severe.

From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 26, 1925.

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