He married Frances Louellen "Fannie Lou" BENNETT on 01 December 1887 in Wayne Co, GA.
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Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 1
BROWN HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
The preliminary hearing of J. O. Brown charged with the killing of P. W. Sweat last Sunday in the A. C. L. Yard office, has been set for three o'clock this afternoon before Judge Harry M. Wilson.
The defendant will be represented by Col. J. L. Crawley and Mr. C. L. Redding.
Col. Jno. S. Walker has been retained to assist in the prosecution.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 7
J. O. BROWN SHOT SWEAT TO DEATH.
J. O. Brown, age 25, yard foreman of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, shot P. W. Sweat, age 45, a section foreman, yesterday morning about ten fifteen o'clock in the railroad yard office. Four shots were fired by Brown. The fatal shot entered Sweat's body below the right shoulder blade and passed nearly through the body, leaving a blue spot on his left side, marking the location of the bullet. Sweat was carried to the Coast Line hospital and died there yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. He was conscious a part of the time before he died and it is said that he stated that he would kill Brown if he lived.
The trouble between the two men grew out of alleged relations between Brown and a daughter of Sweat, a girl about twenty years of age.
Yesterday morning Sweat left his home and told his family that he was going to "kill or be killed." It was learned today that before he left, however, his wife had taken away from him his pistol and knife and given them to a son who accompanied his father. Sweat made the rounds of the yard looking for Brown, and made public the fact that he was looking for the young man and would kill him on sight. This statement was made to a number of people.
About eight o'clock Sunday morning Sweat came to the yard office and attempted to go up stairs to Brown's office, but was prevented from doing so by persons in the office who wished to avoid any trouble and a possible tragedy. Brown was upstairs in his office at the time and could plainly hear the loud talking and threats of Sweat. Sweat made several attempts to gain a admission to the building but each time was prevented from doing so. Several employees in the yard office were in the office with Brown all the time Sweat was downstairs making threats against his life and they state that Brown was very nervous and excited and made an attempt to climb out one of the windows on a shed and make his escape from the rear of the building and prevent any trouble but was afraid to do this for the reason that he was informed that Sweat's son was watching the rear of the building and would kill him on sight.
Mr. T. F. Broadwater, the yardmaster, made several attempts to pacify Sweat and asked him to go away peacefully and said that he would arrange for Brown to meet him some time and they could settle their differences in a peaceful manner. Sweat refused to listen to any proposition of this kind and said again that he was armed and he had come to kill Brown and would not leave the place until he had done so.
Sweat finally made a break for the stairs and succeeded in getting past two men who were trying to prevent him getting to the upstairs office. The men who were in the office with Brown at the time state that not until then did he get a pistol which was in his locker. Brown was sitting in a chair by a table directly in front of the door to his office when Sweat came up the stairs. Those who were in the office at the time state that as Sweat came toward Brown he had his hand behind him as if he was going to pull a pistol. Brown asked Sweat to stop. Sweat came on and Brown fired at him. The first bullet probably went wild and the oncoming man did not stop. The second shot, it is thought, was the one which hit Sweat in the arm and made him turn a little sideways, the third shot, the fatal one, entered Sweat's body just below the right shoulder in the back and passed through his body and nearly came out on the left side, ranging downward and showing a blue spot on the left side marking its location.
This shot halted Sweat and he turned and although bleeding fastly, walked down the stairs and some distance down the track where he sat down and collapsed. He was taken on a hand car to the railroad hospital and died there yesterday afternoon about five o'clock.
Immediately after the shooting Brown walked up town and gave himself up to Sheriff Pittman. He is now in the county jail and will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Brown is about 25 years old and came here from Columbia, S.C. where he is well connected. Sweat was a section foreman and came here some time ago from Jesup. His family consists of a wife, two sons and two daughters.
The funeral of Sweat will be held tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty from his home, 8 "A" Street. The interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery. The J.O.U.M. of which organization the deceased was a member, will attend the services.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 26, 1912 - Pg 7
BROWN RELEASED BUT HELD ON ANOTHER CHARGE.
J. O. Brown, who shot and killed P. W. Sweat Sunday the 14th, and whose preliminary trial was postponed until Saturday, was freed of the charge of killing Sweat at the trial. A number of witnesses were heard and the evidence showed that Brown shot Sweat in self defense. Brown was represented at the trial by Messrs. Crawley and Redding and the state was represented by Solicitor Dickerson and John Walker.
After the trial a warrant charging Brown with a felony was sworn out and served on him, and he is being held under a heavy bond to appear at the September term of court.
Waycross Journal
Dec. 20, 1912 - Pg 7
MURDER CASE WAS POSTPONED
Ware Superior Court convened this morning at 10 o'clock. Palace Slaton, a negro woman, was tried and convicted of selling whiskey. Not yet sentenced.
The case of J. O. Brown, charged with the murder of P. W. Sweat, was called. Cols. J. L. Crawley and C. L. Redding, attorneys for the accused, asked for a continuance on account of the illness of an important witness for the defendant. After making the proper showing, Judge Parker granted the request and the case was continued for the term.
The other charge against Mr. Brown, that of seduction, was called, and after some preliminaries was set for trial. A little later, however, an agreement was reached between the Solicitor-General and the attorneys representing the defendant, by which Mr. Brown was allowed to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser crime, and the original indictment was nol prossed. [sic] Mr. Brown was fined $100.00 or six months. The fine was paid and Mr. Brown will return to Macon, where he holds a responsible position with the Central of Georgia Railway.
Waycross Journal
Jan. 23, 1914 - Pg 3
J. O. BROWN IS ACQUITTED
After considering the case less than an hour the jury hearing the case of State vs. J. O. Brown, charged with murder, this morning returned a verdict of not guilty, arguments being concluded this morning.
Brown was charged with the death of P. W. Sweat, the indictment alledging that Sweat was shot by Brown at Waycross during July, 1912. Both men were employed by the Atlantic Coast Line, Brown in the freight yards and Sweat as a Section Foreman.
The defendant was represented by C. L. Redding and Crawley and Crawley, and the prosection conducted by the solicitor general, M. D. Dickerson, assisted by Parker and Walker.
With the completion of the Brown case all business announced ready for the adjourned term of court was finished and Judge Quincey brought to an end the adjourned term, court to meet again in regular session in May.
Contributor: All researching & transcriptions by Pamela D. Hudson
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Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 1
BROWN HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
The preliminary hearing of J. O. Brown charged with the killing of P. W. Sweat last Sunday in the A. C. L. Yard office, has been set for three o'clock this afternoon before Judge Harry M. Wilson.
The defendant will be represented by Col. J. L. Crawley and Mr. C. L. Redding.
Col. Jno. S. Walker has been retained to assist in the prosecution.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 7
J. O. BROWN SHOT SWEAT TO DEATH.
J. O. Brown, age 25, yard foreman of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, shot P. W. Sweat, age 45, a section foreman, yesterday morning about ten fifteen o'clock in the railroad yard office. Four shots were fired by Brown. The fatal shot entered Sweat's body below the right shoulder blade and passed nearly through the body, leaving a blue spot on his left side, marking the location of the bullet. Sweat was carried to the Coast Line hospital and died there yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. He was conscious a part of the time before he died and it is said that he stated that he would kill Brown if he lived.
The trouble between the two men grew out of alleged relations between Brown and a daughter of Sweat, a girl about twenty years of age.
Yesterday morning Sweat left his home and told his family that he was going to "kill or be killed." It was learned today that before he left, however, his wife had taken away from him his pistol and knife and given them to a son who accompanied his father. Sweat made the rounds of the yard looking for Brown, and made public the fact that he was looking for the young man and would kill him on sight. This statement was made to a number of people.
About eight o'clock Sunday morning Sweat came to the yard office and attempted to go up stairs to Brown's office, but was prevented from doing so by persons in the office who wished to avoid any trouble and a possible tragedy. Brown was upstairs in his office at the time and could plainly hear the loud talking and threats of Sweat. Sweat made several attempts to gain a admission to the building but each time was prevented from doing so. Several employees in the yard office were in the office with Brown all the time Sweat was downstairs making threats against his life and they state that Brown was very nervous and excited and made an attempt to climb out one of the windows on a shed and make his escape from the rear of the building and prevent any trouble but was afraid to do this for the reason that he was informed that Sweat's son was watching the rear of the building and would kill him on sight.
Mr. T. F. Broadwater, the yardmaster, made several attempts to pacify Sweat and asked him to go away peacefully and said that he would arrange for Brown to meet him some time and they could settle their differences in a peaceful manner. Sweat refused to listen to any proposition of this kind and said again that he was armed and he had come to kill Brown and would not leave the place until he had done so.
Sweat finally made a break for the stairs and succeeded in getting past two men who were trying to prevent him getting to the upstairs office. The men who were in the office with Brown at the time state that not until then did he get a pistol which was in his locker. Brown was sitting in a chair by a table directly in front of the door to his office when Sweat came up the stairs. Those who were in the office at the time state that as Sweat came toward Brown he had his hand behind him as if he was going to pull a pistol. Brown asked Sweat to stop. Sweat came on and Brown fired at him. The first bullet probably went wild and the oncoming man did not stop. The second shot, it is thought, was the one which hit Sweat in the arm and made him turn a little sideways, the third shot, the fatal one, entered Sweat's body just below the right shoulder in the back and passed through his body and nearly came out on the left side, ranging downward and showing a blue spot on the left side marking its location.
This shot halted Sweat and he turned and although bleeding fastly, walked down the stairs and some distance down the track where he sat down and collapsed. He was taken on a hand car to the railroad hospital and died there yesterday afternoon about five o'clock.
Immediately after the shooting Brown walked up town and gave himself up to Sheriff Pittman. He is now in the county jail and will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Brown is about 25 years old and came here from Columbia, S.C. where he is well connected. Sweat was a section foreman and came here some time ago from Jesup. His family consists of a wife, two sons and two daughters.
The funeral of Sweat will be held tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty from his home, 8 "A" Street. The interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery. The J.O.U.M. of which organization the deceased was a member, will attend the services.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 26, 1912 - Pg 7
BROWN RELEASED BUT HELD ON ANOTHER CHARGE.
J. O. Brown, who shot and killed P. W. Sweat Sunday the 14th, and whose preliminary trial was postponed until Saturday, was freed of the charge of killing Sweat at the trial. A number of witnesses were heard and the evidence showed that Brown shot Sweat in self defense. Brown was represented at the trial by Messrs. Crawley and Redding and the state was represented by Solicitor Dickerson and John Walker.
After the trial a warrant charging Brown with a felony was sworn out and served on him, and he is being held under a heavy bond to appear at the September term of court.
Waycross Journal
Dec. 20, 1912 - Pg 7
MURDER CASE WAS POSTPONED
Ware Superior Court convened this morning at 10 o'clock. Palace Slaton, a negro woman, was tried and convicted of selling whiskey. Not yet sentenced.
The case of J. O. Brown, charged with the murder of P. W. Sweat, was called. Cols. J. L. Crawley and C. L. Redding, attorneys for the accused, asked for a continuance on account of the illness of an important witness for the defendant. After making the proper showing, Judge Parker granted the request and the case was continued for the term.
The other charge against Mr. Brown, that of seduction, was called, and after some preliminaries was set for trial. A little later, however, an agreement was reached between the Solicitor-General and the attorneys representing the defendant, by which Mr. Brown was allowed to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser crime, and the original indictment was nol prossed. [sic] Mr. Brown was fined $100.00 or six months. The fine was paid and Mr. Brown will return to Macon, where he holds a responsible position with the Central of Georgia Railway.
Waycross Journal
Jan. 23, 1914 - Pg 3
J. O. BROWN IS ACQUITTED
After considering the case less than an hour the jury hearing the case of State vs. J. O. Brown, charged with murder, this morning returned a verdict of not guilty, arguments being concluded this morning.
Brown was charged with the death of P. W. Sweat, the indictment alledging that Sweat was shot by Brown at Waycross during July, 1912. Both men were employed by the Atlantic Coast Line, Brown in the freight yards and Sweat as a Section Foreman.
The defendant was represented by C. L. Redding and Crawley and Crawley, and the prosection conducted by the solicitor general, M. D. Dickerson, assisted by Parker and Walker.
With the completion of the Brown case all business announced ready for the adjourned term of court was finished and Judge Quincey brought to an end the adjourned term, court to meet again in regular session in May.
Contributor: All researching & transcriptions by Pamela D. Hudson
He married Frances Louellen "Fannie Lou" BENNETT on 01 December 1887 in Wayne Co, GA.
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Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 1
BROWN HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
The preliminary hearing of J. O. Brown charged with the killing of P. W. Sweat last Sunday in the A. C. L. Yard office, has been set for three o'clock this afternoon before Judge Harry M. Wilson.
The defendant will be represented by Col. J. L. Crawley and Mr. C. L. Redding.
Col. Jno. S. Walker has been retained to assist in the prosecution.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 7
J. O. BROWN SHOT SWEAT TO DEATH.
J. O. Brown, age 25, yard foreman of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, shot P. W. Sweat, age 45, a section foreman, yesterday morning about ten fifteen o'clock in the railroad yard office. Four shots were fired by Brown. The fatal shot entered Sweat's body below the right shoulder blade and passed nearly through the body, leaving a blue spot on his left side, marking the location of the bullet. Sweat was carried to the Coast Line hospital and died there yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. He was conscious a part of the time before he died and it is said that he stated that he would kill Brown if he lived.
The trouble between the two men grew out of alleged relations between Brown and a daughter of Sweat, a girl about twenty years of age.
Yesterday morning Sweat left his home and told his family that he was going to "kill or be killed." It was learned today that before he left, however, his wife had taken away from him his pistol and knife and given them to a son who accompanied his father. Sweat made the rounds of the yard looking for Brown, and made public the fact that he was looking for the young man and would kill him on sight. This statement was made to a number of people.
About eight o'clock Sunday morning Sweat came to the yard office and attempted to go up stairs to Brown's office, but was prevented from doing so by persons in the office who wished to avoid any trouble and a possible tragedy. Brown was upstairs in his office at the time and could plainly hear the loud talking and threats of Sweat. Sweat made several attempts to gain a admission to the building but each time was prevented from doing so. Several employees in the yard office were in the office with Brown all the time Sweat was downstairs making threats against his life and they state that Brown was very nervous and excited and made an attempt to climb out one of the windows on a shed and make his escape from the rear of the building and prevent any trouble but was afraid to do this for the reason that he was informed that Sweat's son was watching the rear of the building and would kill him on sight.
Mr. T. F. Broadwater, the yardmaster, made several attempts to pacify Sweat and asked him to go away peacefully and said that he would arrange for Brown to meet him some time and they could settle their differences in a peaceful manner. Sweat refused to listen to any proposition of this kind and said again that he was armed and he had come to kill Brown and would not leave the place until he had done so.
Sweat finally made a break for the stairs and succeeded in getting past two men who were trying to prevent him getting to the upstairs office. The men who were in the office with Brown at the time state that not until then did he get a pistol which was in his locker. Brown was sitting in a chair by a table directly in front of the door to his office when Sweat came up the stairs. Those who were in the office at the time state that as Sweat came toward Brown he had his hand behind him as if he was going to pull a pistol. Brown asked Sweat to stop. Sweat came on and Brown fired at him. The first bullet probably went wild and the oncoming man did not stop. The second shot, it is thought, was the one which hit Sweat in the arm and made him turn a little sideways, the third shot, the fatal one, entered Sweat's body just below the right shoulder in the back and passed through his body and nearly came out on the left side, ranging downward and showing a blue spot on the left side marking its location.
This shot halted Sweat and he turned and although bleeding fastly, walked down the stairs and some distance down the track where he sat down and collapsed. He was taken on a hand car to the railroad hospital and died there yesterday afternoon about five o'clock.
Immediately after the shooting Brown walked up town and gave himself up to Sheriff Pittman. He is now in the county jail and will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Brown is about 25 years old and came here from Columbia, S.C. where he is well connected. Sweat was a section foreman and came here some time ago from Jesup. His family consists of a wife, two sons and two daughters.
The funeral of Sweat will be held tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty from his home, 8 "A" Street. The interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery. The J.O.U.M. of which organization the deceased was a member, will attend the services.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 26, 1912 - Pg 7
BROWN RELEASED BUT HELD ON ANOTHER CHARGE.
J. O. Brown, who shot and killed P. W. Sweat Sunday the 14th, and whose preliminary trial was postponed until Saturday, was freed of the charge of killing Sweat at the trial. A number of witnesses were heard and the evidence showed that Brown shot Sweat in self defense. Brown was represented at the trial by Messrs. Crawley and Redding and the state was represented by Solicitor Dickerson and John Walker.
After the trial a warrant charging Brown with a felony was sworn out and served on him, and he is being held under a heavy bond to appear at the September term of court.
Waycross Journal
Dec. 20, 1912 - Pg 7
MURDER CASE WAS POSTPONED
Ware Superior Court convened this morning at 10 o'clock. Palace Slaton, a negro woman, was tried and convicted of selling whiskey. Not yet sentenced.
The case of J. O. Brown, charged with the murder of P. W. Sweat, was called. Cols. J. L. Crawley and C. L. Redding, attorneys for the accused, asked for a continuance on account of the illness of an important witness for the defendant. After making the proper showing, Judge Parker granted the request and the case was continued for the term.
The other charge against Mr. Brown, that of seduction, was called, and after some preliminaries was set for trial. A little later, however, an agreement was reached between the Solicitor-General and the attorneys representing the defendant, by which Mr. Brown was allowed to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser crime, and the original indictment was nol prossed. [sic] Mr. Brown was fined $100.00 or six months. The fine was paid and Mr. Brown will return to Macon, where he holds a responsible position with the Central of Georgia Railway.
Waycross Journal
Jan. 23, 1914 - Pg 3
J. O. BROWN IS ACQUITTED
After considering the case less than an hour the jury hearing the case of State vs. J. O. Brown, charged with murder, this morning returned a verdict of not guilty, arguments being concluded this morning.
Brown was charged with the death of P. W. Sweat, the indictment alledging that Sweat was shot by Brown at Waycross during July, 1912. Both men were employed by the Atlantic Coast Line, Brown in the freight yards and Sweat as a Section Foreman.
The defendant was represented by C. L. Redding and Crawley and Crawley, and the prosection conducted by the solicitor general, M. D. Dickerson, assisted by Parker and Walker.
With the completion of the Brown case all business announced ready for the adjourned term of court was finished and Judge Quincey brought to an end the adjourned term, court to meet again in regular session in May.
Contributor: All researching & transcriptions by Pamela D. Hudson
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Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 1
BROWN HEARING THIS AFTERNOON.
The preliminary hearing of J. O. Brown charged with the killing of P. W. Sweat last Sunday in the A. C. L. Yard office, has been set for three o'clock this afternoon before Judge Harry M. Wilson.
The defendant will be represented by Col. J. L. Crawley and Mr. C. L. Redding.
Col. Jno. S. Walker has been retained to assist in the prosecution.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 19, 1912 - Pg 7
J. O. BROWN SHOT SWEAT TO DEATH.
J. O. Brown, age 25, yard foreman of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, shot P. W. Sweat, age 45, a section foreman, yesterday morning about ten fifteen o'clock in the railroad yard office. Four shots were fired by Brown. The fatal shot entered Sweat's body below the right shoulder blade and passed nearly through the body, leaving a blue spot on his left side, marking the location of the bullet. Sweat was carried to the Coast Line hospital and died there yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. He was conscious a part of the time before he died and it is said that he stated that he would kill Brown if he lived.
The trouble between the two men grew out of alleged relations between Brown and a daughter of Sweat, a girl about twenty years of age.
Yesterday morning Sweat left his home and told his family that he was going to "kill or be killed." It was learned today that before he left, however, his wife had taken away from him his pistol and knife and given them to a son who accompanied his father. Sweat made the rounds of the yard looking for Brown, and made public the fact that he was looking for the young man and would kill him on sight. This statement was made to a number of people.
About eight o'clock Sunday morning Sweat came to the yard office and attempted to go up stairs to Brown's office, but was prevented from doing so by persons in the office who wished to avoid any trouble and a possible tragedy. Brown was upstairs in his office at the time and could plainly hear the loud talking and threats of Sweat. Sweat made several attempts to gain a admission to the building but each time was prevented from doing so. Several employees in the yard office were in the office with Brown all the time Sweat was downstairs making threats against his life and they state that Brown was very nervous and excited and made an attempt to climb out one of the windows on a shed and make his escape from the rear of the building and prevent any trouble but was afraid to do this for the reason that he was informed that Sweat's son was watching the rear of the building and would kill him on sight.
Mr. T. F. Broadwater, the yardmaster, made several attempts to pacify Sweat and asked him to go away peacefully and said that he would arrange for Brown to meet him some time and they could settle their differences in a peaceful manner. Sweat refused to listen to any proposition of this kind and said again that he was armed and he had come to kill Brown and would not leave the place until he had done so.
Sweat finally made a break for the stairs and succeeded in getting past two men who were trying to prevent him getting to the upstairs office. The men who were in the office with Brown at the time state that not until then did he get a pistol which was in his locker. Brown was sitting in a chair by a table directly in front of the door to his office when Sweat came up the stairs. Those who were in the office at the time state that as Sweat came toward Brown he had his hand behind him as if he was going to pull a pistol. Brown asked Sweat to stop. Sweat came on and Brown fired at him. The first bullet probably went wild and the oncoming man did not stop. The second shot, it is thought, was the one which hit Sweat in the arm and made him turn a little sideways, the third shot, the fatal one, entered Sweat's body just below the right shoulder in the back and passed through his body and nearly came out on the left side, ranging downward and showing a blue spot on the left side marking its location.
This shot halted Sweat and he turned and although bleeding fastly, walked down the stairs and some distance down the track where he sat down and collapsed. He was taken on a hand car to the railroad hospital and died there yesterday afternoon about five o'clock.
Immediately after the shooting Brown walked up town and gave himself up to Sheriff Pittman. He is now in the county jail and will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Brown is about 25 years old and came here from Columbia, S.C. where he is well connected. Sweat was a section foreman and came here some time ago from Jesup. His family consists of a wife, two sons and two daughters.
The funeral of Sweat will be held tomorrow afternoon at two-thirty from his home, 8 "A" Street. The interment will take place at Oakland Cemetery. The J.O.U.M. of which organization the deceased was a member, will attend the services.
Waycross Journal
Jul. 26, 1912 - Pg 7
BROWN RELEASED BUT HELD ON ANOTHER CHARGE.
J. O. Brown, who shot and killed P. W. Sweat Sunday the 14th, and whose preliminary trial was postponed until Saturday, was freed of the charge of killing Sweat at the trial. A number of witnesses were heard and the evidence showed that Brown shot Sweat in self defense. Brown was represented at the trial by Messrs. Crawley and Redding and the state was represented by Solicitor Dickerson and John Walker.
After the trial a warrant charging Brown with a felony was sworn out and served on him, and he is being held under a heavy bond to appear at the September term of court.
Waycross Journal
Dec. 20, 1912 - Pg 7
MURDER CASE WAS POSTPONED
Ware Superior Court convened this morning at 10 o'clock. Palace Slaton, a negro woman, was tried and convicted of selling whiskey. Not yet sentenced.
The case of J. O. Brown, charged with the murder of P. W. Sweat, was called. Cols. J. L. Crawley and C. L. Redding, attorneys for the accused, asked for a continuance on account of the illness of an important witness for the defendant. After making the proper showing, Judge Parker granted the request and the case was continued for the term.
The other charge against Mr. Brown, that of seduction, was called, and after some preliminaries was set for trial. A little later, however, an agreement was reached between the Solicitor-General and the attorneys representing the defendant, by which Mr. Brown was allowed to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser crime, and the original indictment was nol prossed. [sic] Mr. Brown was fined $100.00 or six months. The fine was paid and Mr. Brown will return to Macon, where he holds a responsible position with the Central of Georgia Railway.
Waycross Journal
Jan. 23, 1914 - Pg 3
J. O. BROWN IS ACQUITTED
After considering the case less than an hour the jury hearing the case of State vs. J. O. Brown, charged with murder, this morning returned a verdict of not guilty, arguments being concluded this morning.
Brown was charged with the death of P. W. Sweat, the indictment alledging that Sweat was shot by Brown at Waycross during July, 1912. Both men were employed by the Atlantic Coast Line, Brown in the freight yards and Sweat as a Section Foreman.
The defendant was represented by C. L. Redding and Crawley and Crawley, and the prosection conducted by the solicitor general, M. D. Dickerson, assisted by Parker and Walker.
With the completion of the Brown case all business announced ready for the adjourned term of court was finished and Judge Quincey brought to an end the adjourned term, court to meet again in regular session in May.
Contributor: All researching & transcriptions by Pamela D. Hudson
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