Johnson County GaArchives News.....Scott Man Held for Manslaughter February 1, 1945
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The Wrightsville Headlight Front Page February 1, 1945
                       Scott Man Held for Manslaughter
 Charge of murder preferred against Elmo Buttersworth, Scott farmer in 
connection with the slaying of his father-in-law, was reduced to manslaughter 
and bond fixed by a three-justice court here Friday afternoon of last week.
 Buttersworth immediately made bond and was released from custody, Sheriff 
Dewey Hall reported.
 The three-justice court consisted of Justices R. R. Martin, Clayton Lord, and 
J. T. Miller.
 In a statement to the court, Buttersworth claimed that his father-in-law, 
Hillery Pope, was advancing upon him with a gun when he shot and killed him at 
their home in the Scott section. The two men and their families lived in the 
same house, it was stated.

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