20-Year-Old Boy Guilty as Slayer

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Trenton NJ Times, November 14, 1912

Trenton Times item, 20-Year-Old Boy Guilty as Slayer, on Peter Coursey's conviction for killing Karl Kellman, November 14, 1912.
Trenton NJ Times, November 14, 1912
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20-YEAR-OLD BOY GUILTY AS SLAYER CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 14.—The jury in the case of Peter Coursey, alias "Cowboy Pete" aged 20, charged with killing Karl Kellman, October 13, returned a verdict of first degree murder, after being out twenty minutes yesterday afternoon Justice Garrison announced that the defense counsel will appeal to the Board of Pardons for commutation to life imprisonment because of Coursey's youth. The case of Harry Duffill an accomplice, is on trial.

CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 14.—The jury in the case of Peter Coursey, alias "Cowboy Pete" aged 20, charged with killing Karl Kellman, October 13, returned a verdict of first degree murder, after being out twenty minutes yesterday afternoon

Justice Garrison announced that the defense counsel will appeal to the Board of Pardons for commutation to life imprisonment because of Coursey's youth. The case of Harry Duffill an accomplice, is on trial.

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