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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
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On the opening day of the March term of county criminal court, presided by Judge Burgwyn, Missouri Galloway was sentenced to six months on the county farm for operating a numbers racket. Several other cases, including murders and assaults, were continued.
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The grand jury's report was the highlight of the opening day of the regular March term of the county criminal court, presided over by Judge Burgwyn, of Woodland.
The judge sentenced Missouri Galloway, negress number racket leader, to six months on the county farm.
The woman was found guilty in recorder's court of operating a numbers racket after her arrest by SBI and local law enforcement officers last December. She appealed the lower court verdict, was found guilty in superior court by Judge John J. Burney, and sentenced to six months on the farm and fined $1,000. She filed notice of appeal of the superior court decision, but in court yesterday withdrew notice of the appeal and accepted sentence from Judge Burgwyn.
Other matters considered by the court yesterday were:
Bettie Steinn, violation of the liquor laws; continued; Ivory Bozeman, assault with intent to commit rape, continued; Plummer McDonald, murder, continued; Jimmie Lee Nelson, murder, continued; Tom Murray, assault on a female, continued; B. G. Davis, abandonment and non-support, continued.
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Opening Day Of The Regular March Term ... Yesterday
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missouri galloway sentenced to six months on the county farm and fined $1,000; other cases continued.
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The grand jury's report highlighted the opening day of court. Missouri Galloway, convicted of operating a numbers racket, withdrew her appeal and accepted the sentence. Other cases including liquor violation, assault with intent to commit rape, murders, assault on a female, and abandonment were continued.