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Domestic News
June 23, 1937
The Daily Independent
Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Hertford Recorder's court on June 22 addressed a Saturday night gambling fight: Harold Thatch got 3 years' probation, W.T. Brown needed scalp stitches, 8 poker players fined, hotel gambling charges dismissed amid crowded hearing.
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Gaming Fight Gets Aired In Court
Hertford Men Fined.
Case Against Hotel Operators Dismissed
Hertford, June 22.—In Recorder's court this morning a gambling affray of last Saturday night, resulted in three years' probation for Harold Thatch, son of a prominent Perquimans county family, several stitches in the scalp of W. T. Brown, former county representative, small fines for eight participants in a poker game at a local hotel, and charges of operating a gambling house against the hotel's management.
A crowded courtroom, likened by one spectator to a "Superior Court Murder Trial," heard Thatch plead guilty to charges of
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Hertford Men Fined.
Case Against Hotel Operators Dismissed
Hertford, June 22.—In Recorder's court this morning a gambling affray of last Saturday night, resulted in three years' probation for Harold Thatch, son of a prominent Perquimans county family, several stitches in the scalp of W. T. Brown, former county representative, small fines for eight participants in a poker game at a local hotel, and charges of operating a gambling house against the hotel's management.
A crowded courtroom, likened by one spectator to a "Superior Court Murder Trial," heard Thatch plead guilty to charges of
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What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Gambling Affray
Hertford Court
Poker Game
Probation
Fines
What entities or persons were involved?
Harold Thatch
W. T. Brown
Where did it happen?
Hertford
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Hertford
Event Date
June 22
Key Persons
Harold Thatch
W. T. Brown
Outcome
three years' probation for harold thatch; several stitches in the scalp of w. t. brown; small fines for eight participants; case against hotel operators dismissed
Event Details
In Recorder's court, a gambling affray from last Saturday night resulted in charges; crowded courtroom heard Thatch plead guilty