Talbot County GaArchives News.....Three Murder Cases At Talbotton Last Week - 1917 March 29, 1917
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The Butler Herald March 29, 1917
The Butler Herald
Thursday, March 29, 1917
Page Five

Three Murder Cases At Talbotton Last Week

Three murder cases were disposed of at the March term of Talbot Superior Court.

Lizzie May Worrill and Ike Hunt were indicted jointly for the murder of Jim
Worrill on December 29, 1916 by poisoning him.  The state’s theory was that
illicit relations existed between deceased’s wife, Lizzie May Worrill and Ike
Hunt and that they conspired to kill Jim Worrill.  The defendants were tried
separately.  Lizzie May Worrill was represented by Cols. John A. Smith and A.J.
Perryman, Jr.  She was found not guilty.

Ike Hunt was represented by J.H. McGehee.  He was found guilty with
recommendation for life imprisonment.  A motion for a new trial was made in his
case.

Charles Ellison was charged with the murder of his brother, Rich Ellison.  His
plea was the unwritten law and self defense.  He was found guilty of voluntary
manslaughter.  His attorneys, Cols. J.H. McGehee and Brooks Culpepper, made a
motion for a new trial.

The new officials, Judge G.H. Howard and Solicitor Frank McLaughlin, won
unstinted praise in the manner in which they discharged their duties.  They won
many friends in Talbot County.


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