Lester D. Ritter
Man indicted with Granville Kirby in the Clarke Circuit Court in November 1921 for making liquor, both fined with 30-day jail sentences suspended.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of December 1, 1921 reports that a special grand jury of the Clarke Circuit Court indicted Granville Kirby and Lester D. Ritter for violating the prohibition act by making liquor, and that the two were fined, their 30-day jail sentences suspended; its headline says both frankly confessed.
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 Granville Kirby and Lester D. Ritter for violating the prohibition act by making liquor, and that the two were fined, their 30-day jail sentences suspended; its headline says both frankly confessed.
What the source supports
That Lester D. Ritter was fined in the Clarke Circuit Court in 1921 on a charge of making liquor.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item gives no residence, and the OCR garbles the amount of the fine. He is not linked to Joseph Edward Ritter or any other Ritter.
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.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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