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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

D.O. Walton Sentenced to 8 Months in Workhouse for Slander, Dec. 3, 1925

Draws Eight Months on Charge of Slander

Salisbury, Dec. 3—a case coming up from the western part of the county and heard before Judge Coggins in the county court Tuesday was that in which a white man, D.O. Walton, was charged with slander of the wife of another man at that community. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve eight months in the workhouse. He gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $500.Only two more cases were on the docket, these being speeders of cars, and they paid costs.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 4, 1925

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