Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Thirty First Year - Number 173
Marlin, Texas, Saturday, November 21, 1931
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Members Discharged After Deliberat-
ing Since Late Previous
Day.
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Unable to reach a verdict, members of the jury were discharged and a mistrial
declared shortly before noon today in the case of Elvin Arnold, charged with the
burglary of a house of Alfred Roming near Eddy. The defendant pleaded not
guilty and asked a suspended sentence in event of conviction.
Members of the jury were Tom Bryant, E. E.
Copeland, Joe Johnson, J. C. Hargrave, B. A. Woltman, J. L. Pittman, Neeley
Boone, H. H. Jones, V. C. Honnell, T. A. Powers, Allen Jones, J. W. Cosburn.
The case went to the jury late Friday
following arguments of counsel.
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