“Officer Saves Two from Jail,” Border Cities Star. July 19, 1931. Page 11.
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Agrees With Prisoners And Charge Is Dismissed.
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Constable McPherson, of the East Windsor Police Department, probably saved two young men, who appeared In East Windsor Police Court today, from conviction on a theft charge.
Andy Jackson, of 902 Albert Road, and Walter Robert, of 224 Hickory Road, appeared charged with the theft of lumber from 943 Hickory Road.
They declared that they had been given permission to take some fire-wood from the Hickory Road premises by a former tenant. Emyl Hillawko, owner of the premises, declared that they had been caught taking good lumber instead of firewood.
Constable McPhedran. who was on the scene when Jackson and Robert were apprehended, was not in the courtroom when the case came up today. He was sent for.
When he appeared he agreed with the two accused that the lumber they had on their truck was firewood, not lumber.
Both charges were dismissed.