Blount was drifting out to sea, almost exhausted, when sighter.
MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT
FOUND AGAINST NEGRO
Jury In Husting Court Expires
Thirty Years in Penitentiary.
THIRD WEEK IN THE COURT TODAY
Three White Men Are Charged With Killing Chinese?Political Interest Growing In Petersburg?Hopewell Odd Fellows to Visit Richmond.
Special to The Times-Dispatch.
PETERSBURG, VA., July 11.?In the Hustings Court today, James Copeland, colored, was put on trial on an indictment charging him with murder of Joseph Anderson, colored, on July 1. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at twelve years in the penitentiary. Both men were employees of the Pennington Medicine Company and the trouble between them occurred at the company's plant show, in Canal Street. Copeland had been drinking, and he charged Anderson with stealing some of his whisky. In the trouble that resulted, Anderson was struck on the head with a rock by Copeland and his skull fractured. He died in the hospital. The autopsy showed that Anderson's skull was unusually thin, much more so than that of the average man. Application will be made to the Governor to reduce the term.  of imprisonment.
Three lo Mr. Fried for Murder. 