Henry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Murder County in Hall Death is Dismissed April 30, 1949
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Martinsville Bulletin April 30, 1949
MARTINSVILLE, April 30--(AP)--Mrs. Rosie Hall, 63, yesterday was freed of a 
murder charge in connection with the death of her husband, William Hall, who was 
fatally shot on April 9.
  During a hearing in Henry County Trial Justice Court, Mrs. Hall testified that 
she shot her husband in self defense after she had suffered painful injuries 
when he attacked her during an argument.  
  Officers called to the scene following the shooting found Hall, 35, in bed and 
fully clothed.  Taken to Martinsville General Hospital, he died the next day as 
the result of an abdominal wound.
  Substantiating testimony by Mrs. Hall that her husband had attacked her while 
he was intoxicated, Henry County Officer Arto Haley said that Hall appeared to 
be in a drunken condition when he was removed from his farm home near here to 
the hospital.  
  Mrs. Hall, who officers said had several cuts and bruises about the head when 
they were called to investigate the shooting, appeared in court today wearing a 
bandage on her forehead.

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