The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, February 25, 1904
JOHN McBRIDE
FINED
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In the city court John McBride, a
negro from Marlin, was fined $150. It is alleged that he was found
sporting a gun big enough to have wheels on it and which might have been
mistaken for a cannon had the wheels aforesaid been evidence. It is
further alleged that he used this gun to "pursuade" a dusky damsel to return to
Marlin with him and that under the spell of the gun she consented, but
afterwards reported the matter to officers.
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