Charlotte Observer
The United States Constitution came to the rescue of five federal prisoners Thursday and liberated them from jail, after they had spent 30 days behind bars, unable to pay fines for handling liquor. They appeared before Judge J.W. Cobb, United States commissioner, and swore that they were ach and severally unable to raise as much as $20 and therefore demanded that they receive their liberty.
They were all convicted in the last term of federal court and find, as follows: Henry Massef, fined $200; J.N. Miller, fined $150; Leo Baker, $150; and two negro men, Randolph Medlin, $75, and Eddie Gardner, $250.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1925
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