Ex-Camden Man Gets 5-7 Years in Slaying
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Isadore Birch, 29, of New York City, was sentenced today by County Judge Palese to a term of five to seven years in State Prison on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of a South Camden man during an argument on Aug. 14, 1947.
Birch, who formerly lived on Kaighns ave., near 2nd st., was charged with the death of Zatch McGriff, 28, of 247 Mechanic st. McGriff died in West Jersey Hospital several hours after he had been admitted with slash wounds inflicted, police said, by a soda bottle.
The fight took place at 233 Kaighns ave. Birch was apprehended by FBI agents last Sept. 1 in New York City. Assistant Prosecutor Robert B. Johnson said that a detainer against Birch has been lodged by Florida officials. Johnson said Birch is accused of escaping from a chain gang after serving six months of a two to three year sentence on the charge of breaking and entering.