Albemarle, N.C., June 7 (AP)—Indications were today with the convening of Stanly County Superior Court that the trial of Nevin C. Cranford, former “convict boss” charged with murder, would not be heard at this term of court.
While the State has not asked continuance, Solicitor Don Phillips has indicated that he would do so.
Cranford is charged with whipping and threatening three negros so “cruelly” that they died as the result. The case, called several months ago, was continued upon the state’s request.
Editor’s Note: Nevin Cranford was in charge of prisoners in a road crew chain gang. He’s accused of whipping and treating these prisoners so cruelly that they died.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, June 7, 1926
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