Sheriff Howard arrested John Brown
Item
- Title
- Sheriff Howard arrested John Brown
- Source
- Montgomery County Sentinel (MD)
- Date
- 2/28/13
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016209/1913-02-28/ed-1/?sp=3&q=theft&r=-0.012,0.574,0.291,0.174,0
- Crime
- Theft
- Subject
- Theft
- Race of alleged offender
- Black
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Stage of the Legal System
- Arrested, sentenced to three years in penitentiary.
- Location
- In state, Montgomery County
- Length of story
- 63
- Description
-
Sheriff Howard arrested John Brown, a
negro, charging him with stealing and
burning rails taken from a fence enclosing
a lot belonging to the N. D. Offutt estate,
situated at the northern boundary of this
'.own and near where Brown lived. Brown
admitted the theft and was placed in jail
await court. The penalty in the case
s three years in the penitentiary.
- Site pages
- In State Theft
