April 4,1925.
J. J. Tanner, farm overseer for C. G. Rawlings, was found guilty in the murder of Gus Tarbutton. The Judge immediately sentenced him to life imprisonment. Tanner was silent both before and following the sentence. He was carried to the Dublin jail awaiting a motion for a new trial.
Judge Camp overruled the motion for a change of venue by Rawlings lawyers, whereupon they filed a motion with the Court of Appeals. The bill of exceptions acted as a superedeas, staying any further action in this famous case by the Judge and Court until it could be passed by the higher tribunal.
Thomas W. Hardwick presented the change of venue motion contending an impartial jury cannot be obtained in Johnson, that threats of violence had been made against Rawlings. The State contends all the allegations of threats of violence were denied that there had never been the slightest danger of violence against Rawlings in Johnson. The Judge agreed. There is no cause to suspect the defendant could not get a fair trial. Rawlings had been here, travelled in and out among the people alot since the murder, and mingled with large crowds unmolested and he had friends here that defend him in this case that don't believe he did what he is accused of.
Mayor Cook designated a Spring-Cleanup Week for the city. Another car load of hogs was sold here by Agent Crow totalling $1,874.44 paid to the participating Farmers in the county.
State Game Wardens are on the job trying to keep fish from needless destruction. A single charge of dynamite, while killing a few larger fish, destroys thousands and sometimes millions of little ones. A reward of $25 is offered for the arrest and conviction of every person caught dynamiting or poisoning fish in Georgia streams.
Mrs. Freeman Pool died last week at Donovan. She was a daughter of Mr. & Mrs. W. S. Price of Harrison. She was buried at Beulah.
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