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The Gary American
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
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Willie Bradshaw was convicted and sentenced to death for the second time in Halifax, Va., for the shotgun slaying of Deputy Herbert Boelte. The first conviction was overturned on appeal, leading to a retrial where a jury including one Black juror found him guilty.
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HALIFAX, Va., Nov. 22—(ANP)—Willie Bradshaw, on trial the second time in the shotgun slaying of Halifax Deputy Herbert Boelte, was found guilty last Wednesday by a jury in Halifax Circuit court, Judge Needham S. Turnbull presiding and sentenced to death.
It was the second time Bradshaw had himself condemned to die in the electric chair for slaying the officer who had gone to his cabin to question him. A sentence was imposed at the first trial, but a writ error was granted on appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, and a new trial ordered.
Attys. Martin T. Martin of Danville and J. Thomas Hewin of Richmond, represented the aged defendant. The jury, which found Bradshaw guilty, included one colored juror. W. A. Lacks, well known merchant. Judge Turnbull had previously overruled a motion for change of venue, made by defense counsel who presented 36 affidavits, attesting that Halifax county was too prejudiced for Bradshaw to have a fair trial.
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Halifax, Va.
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Nov. 22
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Willie Bradshaw was tried for the second time for murdering Deputy Herbert Boelte with a shotgun during a questioning at his cabin, found guilty by a jury in Halifax Circuit Court, and sentenced to death in the electric chair. The first conviction was reversed on appeal, leading to the retrial. Defense sought change of venue due to prejudice but was denied.