Newton, Feb. 9 (AP)—Wade V. Bowman was sentenced to serve one year on the Buncombe County roads, according to judgment announced by the court this morning at 11:50 o’clock. He filed notice of appeal and the bond was fixed at $4,000.
The sentence was pronounced by Judge James L. Webb this morning after it was withheld for further consideration since yesterday. Bowman admitted to certain indecencies with a little 12-year-old prosecutrix.
For the first time during the long trial, Bowman showed some emotion. Judge Webb began by saying that the conduct of the former army major was ugly, in the sight of man and the law, and then he came to the point of passing sentence. Bowman’s hands slipped from the table which he had been holding, and his head dropped.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Feb.9, 1926
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