A mistrial was ordered last night in Gaston Superior Court in the case against Charles R. Davis, Asheville policeman, charged with conspiracy to burn his automobile near Gastonia to collect $1,000 insurance.
Ed Byers of Concord and Horace Moore, detective, were the chief witnesses for the State. Moore testified that Byers told him Davis had promised to give him $200 if he would burn his car.
The case was given to the jury Tuesday night and the mistrial ordered when no verdict had been reached last night.
Davis lived in Concord before going to Asheville, where he secured a place with the police department.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Oct. 28, 1926
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