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Cried Sharpe: "There are no finer people than those in [Howell's district]. Why, there's a church every three miles and they all keep their graveyards clean." He told off Goldwasser. "That roaring lion from Judea is a disgrace to the Jewish race. He wouldn't even make catfish bait in the Altamaha River!"
That just about did it. The jury went out, came back in 26 minutes and pronounced Howell not guilty. The prosecution decided not to press charges against the second defendant, a farmer named Roderick Clifton.