Miller-Colquitt-Dougherty County GaArchives News.....J. L. Lewis Is Sentenced To 15 Years For Killing November 3, 1914
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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal November 3, 1914
Colquitt, Ga., Oct. 31. -- J. L. Lewis, who shot H. H. McCook on the streets of 
Colquitt October 1, was sentened to serve fifteen years in the penitentiary 
here today in superior court.  He was found guilty of voluntary man-slaughter.

Lewis, a barber, was formerly of Moultrie.  He killed McCook, who was from 
Albany, over a debt due Lewis.  Mrs. Lewis and her baby were standing a short 
distance away at the time of the shooting.  There were a number of eye 
witnesses to the shooting, as the streets were crowded at the time.

Lewis claimed that he shot in self defense, stating that McCook caught him and 
apparently reached for his hip pocket, but a search of the dead man's clothes 
revealed no weapon.

The debt over which the shooting occurred was $8.

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