Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The Scott Case

From the Pine County Pioneer, November 30, 1888: 

The grand jury of this county convened at the Court House in this village [Pine City] on Tuesday, at which time the case of H.H. Scott, held for the murder of S.K. Erwin at Hinckley last week, was brought before them. After examining a number of witnesses a bill of indictment was brought in against Mr. Scott for murder in the first degree, and he was arraigned and the indictment read. During the reading of the indictment Mr. Scott showed but few signs of emotion, although his confinement, together with suffering from the wounds he received in the tragic affair, had rendered him quite pale. When asked if he had procured counsel, his answer was in the negative, and as he had but a short time in which to enter his plea, a plea of not guilty was entered, the court granting him the privilege of changing his plea. He was then remanded to the county jail in Washington county for safe keeping, where he will remain until the first Tuesday in January, the time set for his hearing, and he was taken down on Wednesday noon train. It seemed to be the general opinion in the village that he would change his plea to guilty in some of the other degrees of murder or manslaughter.

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