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Item
- Date
- 8/8/17
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://lccn.loc.gov/sn84020134
- Crime
- Arson
- Subject
- Arson
- Race of alleged offender
- White alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- Trial
- Location
- In state, Beatrice NE
- Length of story
- 91
- Description
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At the conclusion of the preliminary hearing of the case against George Smith, charged with arson, Judge Ellis dismissed the complaint late Tuesday afternoon, holding the evidence insufficient to bind the defendant over to the district court. The defendant and his children were examined following the testimony of his wife, all corroborating the evidence given by Mrs. Smith. Smith has resided in Beatrice about
fight years, coming to this city from Lincoln, where he was for many years in the employ of Joe Opelt, the proprietor of the old Opelt hotel.
