Brookus Lee
Man indicted by a special grand jury of the Clarke Circuit Court in November 1921 on a charge of breaking into Spates and Feagans' store at Briggs.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 1, 1921 reports that a special grand jury of the Clarke Circuit Court indicted Brookus Lee on a charge of breaking into the store of Spates and Feagans at Briggs and taking $40 in money and a pistol.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of December 1, 1921 reports that a special grand jury of the Clarke Circuit Court indicted Brookus Lee on a charge of breaking into the store of Spates and Feagans at Briggs and taking $40 in money and a pistol.
What the source supports
That Brookus Lee was indicted in the Clarke Circuit Court in 1921 on a store-breaking charge.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item reports an indictment only, not a trial or verdict. It gives no residence.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The December 1, 1921 report of the special term of the Clarke Circuit Court.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., December 1, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-12-01 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report of the Clarke Circuit Court
Relevant passageA special grand jury, having been summoned, returned indictments against Gran | ville Kirby and Lester D. Ritter for violating the prohibition, act in mak ing liquor. The two men were fined ISO and the jail sentence of 30 days suspended. Brookus Lee was indicted on a charge off breaking into the store of Spates and Feagans’ at Briggs and taking therefrom |40 in money and a pistol.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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