Mountain People May Fight and Make Liquor, But They Rarely Lie on Stand, Says Judge, Oct. 15, 1926

Mountain People Don’t Lie, Judge Webb Tells Court

“These mountain fellows will fight and make liquor, but it’s seldom you’ll catch one of them swearing to a lie,” Judge Yates told the barristers in the Federal court room here Tuesday.

“That’s one thing you’ll have to give them credit for. On the o ther hand, liquor dealers in the cities can hardly be taken at their word on the stand, but usually you can mark it down as true when a native of the South Mountain goes on the stand makes a statement. They’d rather go to prison—most of them—than lie.”

--Cleveland Star

Editor’s Note: Newspaper calls the judge “Webb” in the headline and “Yates” in the article.

From page 7 of the Norlina Headlight, Friday, Oct. 15, 1926

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