Colquitt County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kent, Lonnie October 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, October 31, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Friday, October 31, 1924
Page Eleven

Manslaughter Charged Against Arthur Morelle For Death of Kent

Moultrie, Ga., October 31 - Arthur Morelle arrested on a charge of murder in 
connection with the killing of Lonnie Kent, near Berlin last Sunday, succeeded 
in getting the offense reduced to manslaughter at his preliminary trial here 
before Justice of the Peace Baker today.

Bond was fixed in the sum of $1,000, which had not been made tonight.  Jim 
Copeland and Buford Croft, who were charged with being principals in the 
second degree in the same homicide, also were given a hearing.  Croft was 
exonerated, but Copeland was ordered held for superior court on a charge of 
assault with intent to murder. 

Morelle claimed self-defense, asserting that it was not until after Kent 
slashed him with a knife and was again advancing that he struck the victim 
with a cypress limb.  His statement was substantiated by the testimony of eye-
witnesses.

The state however, insisted that the coroner's inquest developed the fact that 
the blow that killed Kent was on the back of his head and that this physical 
circumstance controverted the contention that Kent was advancing toward 
Morelle.

Justice Baker, in making his decision, asserted that there was no evidence 
connecting Copeland with the death of Kent, but said it had been shown that he 
had made an attack on Croft.




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