1913 November 05 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
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1913 November 05 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia
Author: Atlanta Constitution
Year: 1913
PDF PAGE 5, COLUMN 3 HIGHWAYMEN GIVEN LIMIT OF THE LAW Judge Ben H. Hill Tries One Dozen Cases Second Day of Sitting. The second day’s session of the criminal branch of the superior court, with Judge Ben Hill on the bench, saw the completion of a dozen cases before adjournment Tuesday. Judge Hill, whose leniency was noted on Monday towards prisoners at the bar, reversed his attitude on Tuesday and in two instances inflicted the full penalty of the law where highwaymen were brought before him. “I do not believe in any plea that a man could make excusing his acts when he is caught red-handed, so to speak, robbing a citizen of this community.” “We must take active steps at once to put an end these numerous holdups that are occurring every day in this county. I believe the most effective way of ending it is to make examples of the guilty men brought before me and I shall give the limit to men convicted of the highway robbery charge in this court.” Bearing out his assertion Judge Hill then sentenced Sam Reed and Oscar Wright, two negroes, to twenty years each in the penitentiary. The negroes were found guilty of robbing and assaulting Attorney Frank Hooper in Piedmont avenue, on June 2.