Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 25
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August  21, 1902
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GIVEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

       Jack Smith on trial at Belton on a similar charge for which he was convicted here was given twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
       This is sixty-two years that have been assessed against him in the two counties.
       The defendant has given notice of appeal in both cases.

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