Carter Heard, GA, 1867 June 7

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From GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER, Macon, GA, l-2))-1867
"Fulton ieee Court - Carter Heard (a person of color)

ee guilty of the murder of Bud Hammond (whi ite) at
the ee term of the court 1 nd sentenced to be hung,
The case was carried up to the Supreme Court by the priso-
ner's counsel, asking for a new trial, That tribunal hav-
ing refused to grant a new trial, the prisoner was today
re-sentenced to death — the sentence to be executed on the
{th of June proximo, between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM,"
Provided by Willard lie Rocker, G tenealogy Librarian, Wash-
ington Memorial Library, Macon, Ga.

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