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THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 9
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 1907
JIM NELSON CASE AFFIRMED.
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The court
of criminal appeals has affirmed the case of Jim Nelson, on appeal from the
district court of Falls county.
Nelson is
the negro who was the principal actor in the street riot in Marlin during the
street carnival Christmas week.
He was
convicted on the charge of killing Paul Broadus and given thirty years in the
pen.
The charge
against him for killing the negro girl is still pending and will be called at
the July term of the district court.
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