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Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia
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Bradley Jackson, convicted in Raven for driving while drunk and demolishing a fence, appealed to Circuit Court where a jury reversed the judgment on Wednesday, leading to his release. An amusing anecdote from the original trial describes the judge increasing the fine after Jackson's refusal to pay for fence repair.
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Bradley Jackson, convicted in Judge Plaster's court at Raven on a charge of driving a car while drunk, appealed the case to Circuit Court, and in a jury trial Wednesday the judgment of the Raven magistrate was reversed and Jackson released. One of the witnesses in the trial at Raven, relates an amusing incident in connection with the Jackson hearing before Judge Plaster. The Judge had heard the evidence and had pronounced sentence of $50 fine on Jackson, and also an additional fine of $20 for repairing a fence which Jackson was charged with demolishing. Jackson remarked to the court that he would not pay fine of $20 for the fence whereupon the court stated, "Well, then, sir, I will fine you $100."
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Raven
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Wednesday
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judgment reversed and jackson released; originally fined $50 for driving while drunk and $20 for fence repair, then threatened with $100 fine
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Bradley Jackson was convicted in Judge Plaster's court at Raven for driving while drunk and demolishing a fence, fined $50 and $20 respectively. He appealed to Circuit Court, where a jury trial on Wednesday reversed the judgment, releasing him. A witness recounted an amusing incident where Jackson refused the $20 fence fine, prompting the judge to increase it to $100.