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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Lafayette Wilson, a fugitive, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for killing Walter Cooper in Atlanta in 1929. After serving time in Florida for another murder, he was sentenced to 15-20 years by a Fulton County jury in 1945.
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The jury found Lafayette Wilson guilty of voluntary manslaughter, Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bona Almand, presiding and recommended that he be sentenced to from 15 to 20 years.
Wilson killed Walter Cooper in an Ashby Street restaurant in September 1929 and fled to West Palm Beach Florida where he murdered another man. For the murder in Florida he stayed in prison from September 1941 to September 1945, after which he was returned to Atlanta to face trial for the murder of Cooper.
During the trial, Tuesday the state requested a death penalty, but the jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Atty. J. O Ewing legal counsel for the defendant is considering making motion for a new trial providing of course new evidence comes to light.
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Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta; Ashby Street Restaurant; West Palm Beach, Florida
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September 1929; September 1941 To September 1945; Tuesday After September 1945
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Lafayette Wilson killed Walter Cooper in an Ashby Street restaurant in September 1929, fled to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he murdered another man and served prison time from September 1941 to 1945. Returned to Atlanta, he was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter, sentenced to 15-20 years, despite the state seeking the death penalty.