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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Canton, Mississippi, on September 26, Walter Brown, a 49-year-old Negro farmer, was empaneled on the Madison County grand jury considering charges against five Negroes for brutally beating white Constable E. B. Cauthen. Officials believe it was the first time in many years a Negro served on a county grand jury.
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Canton, Miss., Sept. 26.-A Negro Thursday was empaneled on a Madison County grand jury that was to consider the case of five Negroes charged with the brutal beating of a white constable.
The Negro, Walter Brown, 49, owns and operates a 150-acre farm 10 miles east of here. The farm is near where Constable E. B. Cauthen was beaten with poles and a tire iron by a group of Negroes whose truck he stopped several months ago.
Court officials said they believed it was the first time in many years that a Negro had served on a grand jury in the county.
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Madison County, Miss.
Event Date
Sept. 26
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brutal beating of constable e. b. cauthen with poles and a tire iron; first negro on grand jury in many years.
Event Details
A Negro, Walter Brown, 49, who owns a 150-acre farm 10 miles east of Canton, was empaneled on the Madison County grand jury to consider the case of five Negroes charged with beating white Constable E. B. Cauthen several months ago after stopping their truck.