Word: courson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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HERBERT B. FREDERICK County Solicitor, Criminal Court of Record Daytona Beach, Fla. Upon Captain George Washington Courson, prison guard found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Prisoner Maillefert, Florida Justice (Judge George Cooper Gibbs) imposed a sentence of 20 years in prison (the maximum).-ED. Appeal to a Husband (Making exception for an extraordinary case. TIME prints the subjoined letters without names, address or obligation. If enough readers desire such service, TIME will establish a special lineage rate for "personal"' advertisements, to be printed in a fixed position in the magazine each week.-ED.) Sirs...
...Captain Courson (telling of his reluctance to discipline Maillefert even after he had refused to work with the road gang)" Jersey said, 'Captain, I done served my sentence. I don't intend to hit another damned lick.' I told him, 'No sir, your time is not made. You were sentenced here for nine years and my job is to see you do it.' Jersey said, 'I've served my time. If you don't kill me you're yellow.' I told him I must be yellow then because...
Chief Trusty Bob Blake-Courson told me to go in and get him five or six witnesses who might be able to clear him at the trial. I did. After I went out I told Courson I thought he had a story that would hold water...
Another convict-I asked Courson, 'Ain't that chain too tight?' Higginbotham said, 'That chain ain't tight enough. He can still drink water...
Having listened to testimony for two the jury took less than three hours reaching a verdict: Captain Courson, guilty of manslaughter, which carries a sentence of from one to 20 years in prison; Solomon Higginbotham, not guilty...