Five white men of this city, arrested in connection with he robbery of the store of Cochrane & Brown on the night of October 9th, were tried in Cabarrus Superior Court this week, and each was sentenced to serve 12 months on the chain gang.
Clarence Teeter, Ralph Moore and Will Innis pleaded guilty to charges of store breaking and larceny. Jesse Poplin and Ed Welough were charged with receiving the stolen goods. Each pleaded not guilty, and each was found guilty by the jury in the case.
In the trial of the case, it was stated that Teeter first confessed to the robbery, naming the others who were later arrested. Part of the stolen goods, valued at $700, were recovered after Teeter told the officers where the goods had been placed.
Moore told the court that he got none of the stolen goods, but that he was present when the store was entered and that he aided Innis in placing four stolen auto casings on the latter’s car. Innis, it was said, got nothing but the tires and a carton of cigarettes.
It was charged that Poplin bought a casing and some tobacco from Kellough, who in turn had received the goods form one of the store breakers. Both men knew the goods had been stolen, the jury found. One other man named by Teeter as a participant in the robbery has not been arrested.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, October 24, 1925
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