Winton Boyer, GA, 1936 December 4

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BOYER, Winton December 4th, 1936
Black, electrocuted Georgia State Prison (Hancock County)

on 12-h-19% for eden s Affirmed (Memo) 186 SE 679,

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los ae Bets conan ML L. Stafford, 25-yeare-old was
shot to death heretoday by one of ) negroes he halted in
an automobile and tonight Mayor Harry Vinion said feeling
was ‘running very high,! Two negroes were captured by
neither was the slayer, Mayor Vinion said. He also said
Stafford had halted the negroes! car on suspicion that
they were drinking. The four got out and as the officer
talked to the others, one of the four shot him in the
head. One negro fled in the automobile and the others
struck out across a field," TIMES-PICAYUNE, NBw Orleans,
La., 11-18-1935 (1 ine Aple - GA. BOOK AND MAG. EXCERPTS,
Worksheet prepared = GA = NWU - Bound.

BOYER, Winton December 4th, 1936
Black, electrocuted Georgia State Prison (Hancock County)

on ieee 1936 for murder. Affirmed (Memo) 186 SE 679,
Pre-fobbowdan: sohacl Shemnasor "Sparta, Gas, 1l-17-
He ecastorevcic Policeman M. L. Stafford, 25-yeare-old was
shot to death heretoday by one of ); negroes he halted in
an automobile and tonight Mayor Harry Vinion said feeling
was ‘running very high.! Two negroes were captured by
neither was the slayer, Mayor Vinion said. He also said
Stafford had halted the negroes! car on suspicion that
they were drinking. The four got out and as the officer
talked to the others, one of the four shot him in the
head, One negro fled in the automobile and the others
struck out across a field," TIMES-PICAYUNE, NBw Orleans,
Lae, 11-18-1935 (=e) Apl. - GA. BOOK AND MAG. EXCERPTS,
Worksheet prepared = GA = NW = Bound.

BOYER, Winton December 4th, 1936

Black, electrocuted Georgia State Prison (Hanco:

on 12-19% for murder. Affimed (lero) 186

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uck out across a field," ‘TIMIS-PICAYUNE, NBy Orleans,
Lass ne 18-1935 (li-le) Apls ~ Gh. BOOK AND HAG. EXCERPTS,
Worksheet prepared = GA = NW -

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