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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Norvell Lee, a 23-year-old Negro Olympic boxer, was convicted in Alleghany County Circuit Court for violating Virginia's segregation law by refusing to sit in the Negro section on a C&O train. Judge Earl F. Abbott raised the fine to $25 and costs, suspending it for appeal to test U.S. Supreme Court ruling on interstate commerce.
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APPEAL JUDGE RAISES FINE
Covington, Va., Jan. 4—Judge Earl F. Abbott in Alleghany county circuit court, found Norvell Lee, 23, Negro Olympic boxer, guilty of violating Virginia's segregation law last Wednesday.
Judge Abbott, hearing the case without jury on an appeal from Trial Justice Court, raised the lower court's fine of $5 and costs to $25 and costs.
Judge Abbott suspended the fine for 60 days on motion of defense counsel to permit application to the State Supreme Court for a writ of error.
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Lee was convicted in Trial Justice Court last October on two counts of refusing to take a seat in sections reserved for Negro passengers on a Chesapeake & Ohio Railway train.
He was fined $5 and costs on each count. He paid one fine and appealed the other count.
Martin A. Martin, attorney for Lee, told a reporter after the trial that he intended to use the case to test the application of a United States Supreme Court ruling that segregation laws do not apply to interstate commerce.
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Covington, Va., On A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Train
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Jan. 4 (Appeal); Last October (Incident)
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Norvell Lee convicted of refusing to sit in Negro section on interstate train, fined $25 on appeal; defense plans to challenge segregation law's application to interstate commerce via U.S. Supreme Court ruling.