Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes.
Barnes was accused of hiring Byars, his former employee, to kill his wife in March 1938. While Byars was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, Barnes, who had been bedridden for ten years, was ultimately acquitted. A similar photograph was published in the Birmingham News on November 15, 1938,...
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Photographs Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes. Little, Pete |
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Photographs Byars, Brad; Judicial proceedings; Prisoners; Hamilton (Ala.); Marion County (Ala.) |
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Barnes was accused of hiring Byars, his former employee, to kill his wife in March 1938. While Byars was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, Barnes, who had been bedridden for ten years, was ultimately acquitted. A similar photograph was published in the Birmingham News on November 15, 1938, with the following caption: "Brad Byars, who is serving a life sentence in the slaying and who accuses Dr. Barnes of having hired him to kill Mrs. Barnes, is shown as he awaited his call to the witness stand." |
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BN0025866_05BN0025866Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes.Barnes was accused of hiring Byars, his former employee, to kill his wife in March 1938. While Byars was sentenced to life in prison for the murder, Barnes, who had been bedridden for ten years, was ultimately acquitted. A similar photograph was published in the Birmingham News on November 15, 1938, with the following caption: "Brad Byars, who is serving a life sentence in the slaying and who accuses Dr. Barnes of having hired him to kill Mrs. Barnes, is shown as he awaited his call to the witness stand."1938-11-141930-1939Little, PeteBirmingham NewsG38-03249Byars, Brad; Judicial proceedings; Prisoners; Hamilton (Ala.); Marion County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives1200 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/130377 |
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Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes. |
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Brad Byars at the Marion County courthouse in Hamilton, Alabama, during the trial of Dr. Reuben Barnes. |
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Little, Pete |
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Little, Pete |
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