Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Snyder, Clarence Lucene November 16, 1899
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Virginian-Pilot Friday, November 17,1899
The funeral of Clarence Lucene Snyder, son of John C. and Cornelia J. Snyder, 
aged 19 years and 10 months, will take place from the First Presbyterian Church 
Saturday, November 18, at 10 o'clock. Friends and acquaintances respectfully 
invited to attend.
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Virginian-Pilot, November 19, 1899

Verdict of Coroner’s Jury
 The Slaying of Clarence L. Snyder Charged With Murder
The jury of inquest in the case of Clarence L. Snyder, the young man who was 
killed while hunting near Kempsville Thursday afternoon last, rendered a 
verdict in the case yesterday afternoon charging Magistrate O.I. Flemming, on 
whose farm the killing occurred, with the murder. The verdict is a follows:
“We find that the said C.L. Snyder came to his death on November 16th, 1899, in 
Princess Anne County, Virginia, by a wound caused by a rifle fired at the said 
C.L. Snyder from a rifle in the hands of O.L. Flemming, and that the said O.I. 
Fleming did feloniously and of his malice aforethought kill and murder the said 
C.L. Snyder.
Signed A.H. Hawks, Justice of Peace and Acting Coroner.
C.L. Bonney Foreman. J.H. Luther, D.P. White, W.R. Bage, J.T. Savage.
A Remarkable Situation.
As will be observed by a perusal of the verdict, it charges murder in the first 
degree, and the remarkable situation is represented of a man out on a $1,000 
bail bond with an offence charged against him, the penalty for which is capital 
punishment. At Huntersville yesterday, where the coroner’s inquest was held 
severe criticism of Justice Pritchard, the magistrate who allowed Flemming to 
give bond, was on the lips of everyone. Some even went so far as to say that 
Justice Pritchard’s commission should be revoke for committing so gross a 
violation of the law.


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