Laurens County GaArchives News.....Perjury in Lynn Trial July 28, 1913
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The Constitution July 28, 1913
Negro Blash Admits He Gave False Testimony

Dublin, Ga., July 27. - (Special) -
A big surprise was sprung in the Lynn case here when Raymond Blash, a negro, 
and one of the most important witnesses for the prosecution, was arrested and 
lodged in jail on the charge of perjury, and will be tried probably at the term 
of court which convenes here Monday.

In the trial of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lynn here in February for the killing of F. 
M. Hightower, at the Lynn home, in December last, Blash testified that he was 
working at the rear of the house and saw Lynn enter the back door just before 
the shooting took place and leave hurriedly just after hte shots were fired.  
He stuck to the story all the way through and his testimony was one of the 
strongest links of the chain of evidence introduced by the prosecution.  Since 
the trial, however, Blash has stated several times that what he swore was not 
true.

This arrest will have the effect of getting a new trial for Lynn, it is claimed 
by his attorneys here, S. P. New and George B. Davis, and they state that the 
entire case will probably be reopened.  In the meatime, pending the disposal of 
Blash's case, preparations are being made to carry his cause to the supreme 
court of the United States on other grounds.

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