When was it published?

December 29, 1886 in Yorkville Enquirer

Domestic News December 29, 1886

Yorkville Enquirer

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Sylvanus Thornburg, Simpson, Judge Dick

Q: What keywords are associated?

Liquor Concealment, Federal Court Trial, Charlotte Conviction, Circumstantial Evidence, Albany Penitentiary

York, York County, South Carolina

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What is this article about?

In Charlotte, NC, Sylvanus Thornburg and Simpson from Gaston County were tried and convicted in federal court for illegally removing and concealing liquor. Judge Dick described it as the most involved circumstantial evidence case he had seen. Thornburg received 6 months in Albany penitentiary and $500 fine; Simpson got 3 months and $200 fine. Trial lasted two days.

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AN INTERESTING CASE. -The case of Sylvanus Thornburg and a colored man named Simpson, of Gaston county, N. C., who were tried in Charlotte at the last term of the Federal court, was pronounced by Judge Dick to be the most involved case of circumstantial evidence he had ever had before him. Both were convicted of illegally removing and concealing liquor, and Thornburg was sentenced to six months in the Albany penitentiary and a fine of $500, and Simpson to three months in the penitentiary and a fine of $200. The trial occupied two days.

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Liquor Concealment Federal Court Trial Charlotte Conviction Circumstantial Evidence Albany Penitentiary

What entities or persons were involved?

Sylvanus Thornburg Simpson Judge Dick

Where did it happen?

Charlotte

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Charlotte

Event Date

Last Term Of The Federal Court

Key Persons

Sylvanus Thornburg Simpson Judge Dick

Outcome

both convicted; thornburg sentenced to six months in the albany penitentiary and a fine of $500; simpson to three months in the penitentiary and a fine of $200

Event Details

Sylvanus Thornburg and a colored man named Simpson, of Gaston county, N. C., were tried in Charlotte at the last term of the Federal court for illegally removing and concealing liquor. The case was pronounced by Judge Dick to be the most involved case of circumstantial evidence he had ever had before him. The trial occupied two days.