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Roscoe Pitts, 14, Eugene Whitener, 13, Plead Guilty to Criminal Assault of 9-Year-Old Girl, April 30, 1926

Youths Admit Assault of 9-Year-Old Girl

Newton, April 29—Roscoe Pitts, aged 14, and Eugene Whitener, 13, were tried before Judge J.C. Rudisill, juvenile judge, this afternoon on the charge of criminal assault on a little 9-year-old girl. The assault is alleged to have taken place near the home of the prosecutrix in Brookford Tuesday afternoon about 5 o’clock.

Both boys admitted the assault and were ordered by Judge Rudisill confined in the juvenile quarters of the jail until Saturday, when the case will be disposed of.

From the front page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, April 30, 1926

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