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Murder in the Montgomery Advertiser, 1900 & 1920

assault to murder is postponed

Item

Title
assault to murder is postponed
Source
The Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
Date
1/7/20
page
9
Identifier
Image 9 of The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), January 7, 1920 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Crime
Murder
Subject
shotgun; case postponed
Race of alleged offender
White alleged offender
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
white alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
trial
Location
in state
Length of story
53
Description
Rogers Simpson, charged With assault to murder on W. r. Cochran did not stand trial Tuesday In the court of common pleas, the case being postponed until ten o’clock. Friday morning Cochran claims the defendant shot at him eight times with a shotgun. The affair Is said to have taken place at Chisholm.
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