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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Henry Hamilton, a 24-year-old from Atlanta, is on trial for the robbery-slaying of liquor store clerk Alex Idov on March 22. An all-white jury hears prosecution evidence including a confession from accomplice Eddie North and FBI ballistics linking a pawned gun to the murder. Defense objects to testimony. Possible verdicts: death, life imprisonment, or acquittal.
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An all-white jury heard the prosecution's case Monday and then recessed until today.
Henry Hamilton, 743 Pryor St., S. W., is accused of the robbery-slaying of Alex Idov during a robbery attempt at 740 Peters Street.
Eddie North, 19, 243 Fair Place, S. W., allegedly implicated Hamilton in a signed confession.
An FBI ballistics expert testified yesterday that a gun which North allegedly pawned was the weapon which killed Idov. Russell G. Turner, portly defense attorney, strenuously objected to this testimony and queried on cross examination:
"Do you maintain that this (ballistics) test is infallible?"
"I'm not sure of your meaning," A. R. Gurley, the FBI expert, answered. "In this particular case, however, there is no chance of me having made a mistake."
Earlier, Frank S. French, the prosecuting attorney, presented a procession of police officers who established the time, date and place of the crime. A pawn shop broker also testified that Eddie North had pawned the alleged murder weapon at his business.
Mr. Turner, who was on his feet most of the trial objecting to the admission of testimony, raised a question on this also. He pointed out that Eddie North was not on trial, hence any reference to him (North) was irrelevant.
Judge E. E. Andrews, however, overruled this objection, when At-
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Attorney French asserted that he intended to prove a definite connection between North and Hamilton.
North is scheduled to be tried at the conclusion of the Hamilton case.
North and Hamilton were arrested in April. At that time Detective Supt. Glyn Cowan said North signed a statement implicating Hamilton. According to the police, Hamilton signed a statement which said that he drew a gun on the clerk after buying a pint of whiskey.
The confession alleges that the gun went off after the clerk laughed at Hamilton.
Defense attorneys said there are only three possible verdicts in the case:
1. Death
2. Life imprisonment
3. Acquittal.
Hamilton, attired in a flowered sport shirt and blue overalls, sat nervously by his attorney.
His mother and wife were nearby.
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Atlanta
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March 22
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Henry Hamilton is tried for robbing and killing liquor store clerk Alex Idov. Prosecution presents police testimony, pawn shop evidence, FBI ballistics matching a gun pawned by accomplice Eddie North, and confessions implicating Hamilton. Defense objects to North's relevance and ballistics infallibility. Trial before all-white jury; possible verdicts death, life, or acquittal.