Butts-Newton County GaArchives News.....Henry McDaniel Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter October 8, 1897
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Jackson Argus – Butts County October 8, 1897
The case of Henry McDaniel, who is charged with the murder of Riley S. Stewart, 
in Rocky Plains district on May 27, 1895, was called in Newton superior court 
last week.

He was placed on trial and a verdict of “voluntary manslaughter” returned by 
the jury.  He was sentenced to serve eight years in the penitentiary.  A motion 
for a new trial was filed, on several grounds.

His son, Sanders McDaniel, was tried last year and a like verdict rendered, and 
he is now serving a sentence of twelve years in the penitentiary, being at 
present at the camp of Messrs. Bagby & Speer, which is located three miles 
south of Covington.

The difficulty which lead to the death of Stewart was caused about the land 
lines between the places of the parties, the McDaniel’s claiming that Stewart 
had built a fence on part of their lands, while Stewart insisted that the fence 
was on the legal line, or rather up his land.

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