Jimmie Jones testifying during his assault trial at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.
Jones, president of the Birmingham City Commission, had beaten Tom Skinner with his cane after an dispute over a new tobacco tax. (When the commission rejected Skinner's petition requesting a referendum on the tax, he distributed a cartoon depicting Jones as Adolf Hitler and Public Safety Commi...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180444 |