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Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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Superior Court opens in Polk County, Columbus, on Jan. 29, with Judge Will Pless presiding and Solicitor C. O. Riddings prosecuting. Docket includes 84 cases: 29 prohibition violations, 8 assaults, 3 breakings, 3 murders (Bill Coley for Will Miller, Ralph Peak for Floyd Canady, James Howell for Clyde Henderson's accidental death), and minors.
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COLUMBUS, Jan. 29.—Superior court opened in Polk county Monday at Columbus with Judge Will Pless, of Marion, presiding and District Solicitor C. O. Riddings, of Forest City, prosecuting for the state.
On the docket are 29 cases for violations of the prohibition laws, eight for assault with deadly weapons, three for breaking and entering, three for murder, and a number of minor cases, making a total of 84.
Bill Coley will be tried for the alleged murder of Will Miller, negro, of Pea Ridge; Ralph Peak, negro, will be tried for the alleged murder of Floyd Canady, negro; James Howell, negro, will be tried for what is claimed to have been the accidental death of Clyde Henderson, a respected citizen of the Green Creek township.
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Polk County, Columbus
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Jan. 29
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Superior court docket features three murder trials: Bill Coley for murdering Will Miller of Pea Ridge; Ralph Peak for murdering Floyd Canady; James Howell for the accidental death of Clyde Henderson of Green Creek township, amid 84 total cases including prohibition violations and assaults.