Alfred Cooie Sentenced to Three Years (1876)
Circuit Court – Alfred COOIE, the colored man who has been robbing stores in Cleveland “on a sly,” and in whose possession the stolen goods were found by marshal BURGESS, has had his trial last week and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years.
Source: Weekly Herald (Cleveland, TN); 15 September 1876. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.