Butts-Newton County GaArchives News.....Seaborn Smith May 31 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 March 23, 2004, 1:22 am Middle Ga. Argus – Week of May 31, 1891 A Negro man by the name of Seaborn Smith, charged with criminal assault on a young colored girl by the name of Leila Akins, was tried last Thursday and a verdict of guilty was rendered Friday morning. During the speaking Smith went fast asleep. He appeared indifferent all during the trial. He is a one eyed Negro with a very mean countenance. The hanging is billed for Friday, May 22. Covington Enterprise. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb