Person

Justice Longerbeam

Man of the Boyce neighborhood found guilty by a jury in the Clarke Circuit Court in February 1922 on a charge of seduction and given two years, with a new-trial motion pending.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of February 16, 1922 reports that Justice Longerbeam of the Boyce neighborhood was found guilty on a charge of seduction by a jury in the Clarke Circuit Court and given two years in the penitentiary, and that his counsel's motion for a new trial was being considered by Judge Whiting.

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What the source supports

That Justice Longerbeam was convicted by a jury in the Clarke Circuit Court in 1922, with a motion for a new trial pending.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. "Justice" is read as his given name, not a title. The item was printed while the new-trial motion was undecided, and its outcome is not recorded here. He is not linked to Malvin Longerbeam.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The February 16, 1922 court item.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 16, 1922

Clarke Courier · 1922-02-16 (publication)

Locator: Page 4, item "Justice Longerbeam Given Two Years"

Relevant passage

Justice Longerbeam, of the Boyce neighborhood, was found guilty of a charge of, seduction by a jury in the Garke Circuit Court last Thursday and given two years in the penitentiary. His counsel filed a motion for a new trial, which is now being considered by Judge Whiting.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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