ADKINS SAVES FIRST SLAYER FROM CHAIR
Gov. Adkins commuted to life
imprisonment Saturday the death sentence imposed in Critteneden
County
on Freeman Bramlett for slaying of Deputy Sheriff Charles Goad in June,
1941. The conviction was affirmed early this year by the
Supreme Court. Bramlett claimed the shooting was because he thought the
deputy was a prowler when the officer sought to force entrance to his
home. Prosecution charged that Bramlett laid a trap for the
deputy and shot him to death. (Source:
DeWitt Era-Enterprise, April 2, 1942, Page 8, contributed by Linda
Rodriguez)
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