Charlotte, April 20—Police Officers O.J. Overcash, J.O. Hughes and L.W. Bowlin will be given preliminary hearing before Judge W.F. Harding in Superior Court on May 8 on a charge of shooting and seriously wounding A.A. Tarrant, alleged rum runner.
The preliminary hearing was scheduled to be held this week and the officers appeared before Judge Harding and demanded that the hearing proceed. However, Tarrant had gone to his home in South Carolina to recuperate and Judge Harding ordered the hearing postponed until May 8.
Counsel for the accused officers told Judge Harding that Tarrant’s going to South Carolina really meant flight and declared that he would not return to prosecute the case.
However, two physicians, Dr. John C. Kennery and Dr. G.W. Pressly, testified that he was unable to undergo a cross-examination on the witness stand and declared that he left town for the time being upon their advice.
Tarrant also is charged with possession of two gallons of liquor found in his automobile at the time he was shot on March 25.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, April 21, 1926
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