Person County NcArchives News.....Ben Whitfield Convicted June 7, 1860 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com November 25, 2007, 7:02 pm Thurs., June 7, 1860 - North Carolina Argus June 7, 1860 -- BEN, the property of DR. JOHN WHITFIELD, of Person County, N. C. , tried by the Person Superior Court for murdering a colored child with laudanum, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on the 8th of June next. BEN had able counsel and a fair trial. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/person/newspapers/benwhitf43nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb