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Even in the 19th century, people drew doodles.
Evidence of this can be found locally, in an 1819 copy of The Laws of Virginia which, for decades, has been on display in the library at Roanoke s courthouse.
Just inside that thick, brown tome â published in Richmond, 202 years ago â a former owner wrote his name large: David Robertson. Â
Although he ran out of space before he reached the final n, Robertson compensated with ornate frills drawn around the other letters. Elsewhere, he used a pencil to long-divide 100 by 6. And pressed between pages 442 and 443 is a large and desert-dry leaf, a makeshift bookmark that, at least a century later, is still saving its place.
ROBERT SORRELL
Bristol Herald Courier
A Bristol, Virginia, police officer has been indicted on a charge of murder in an officer-involved shooting that killed a man in a motel parking lot in March â marking the first time a Twin City officer has been charged with murder in more than 100 years.
On Monday, a grand jury in Bristol handed down three indictments â murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and shooting into an occupied vehicle â against Officer Johnathan R. Brown, 31, of Piney Flats, Tennessee.
Roanoke Commonwealthâs Attorney Donald Caldwell has been named special prosecutor in the case.
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