Charlotte, June 21 (AP)—Mrs. Nellie Freeman, admitted slayer of her youthful taxi driver husband, was found not guilty by a jury in Mecklenburg Superior Court today.
The verdict was heard at 10_21 a.m. today, 41 hours and 6 minutes after the case was given to the jury
. There was no demonstration by the small crowd in the court room when the announcement of the jury finding was made.
The trial of Mrs. Freeman followed the death of her husband, Alton, who died on the night of May 22nd. Mrs. Freeman told police at the time that she cut her husband’s throat with a razor when he threatened to desert her.
Freeman died shortly after she had slashed his throat.
The defense introduced testimony to the effect that the girl was mentally abnormal.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 21, 1926
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