Charlotte, April 20 (AP)—Jim Knotts and Oscar Martin, charged with attacking and robbing an aged Newell woman last February, will go on trial today in Mecklenburg Superior Court.
Solicitor John G. Carpenter said the robbery charge would “probably be the most important phase” of the case, since the woman had weakened in her story as to criminal attack.
Attorneys expressed the belief at the opening of court that jury might be hard to select, owing to the interest the case has aroused in her story as to criminal attack.
Numerous character witnesses had been called by both state and defense.
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Plead Guilty in One Court
Charlotte, April 20 (AP)—Submission to charges of highway robbery was entered by Jim Knotts and Oscar Martin today in Mecklenburg Superior Court.
The other count against them, that of criminal attack, was continued.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, April 20, 1926
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