On June 8, 1907, Constable John H. Hollis of Jefferson County, Alabama, was fatally shot while attempting to arrest a man who was terrorizing the town of Littleton. The 25-year-old suspect was subsequently arrested, convicted of second-degree murder, and sentenced to 22 years in prison. He was paroled on December 23, 1910.
Constable Hollis was born on January 27, 1875, and was 32 years old at the time of his death. He was buried in McCormack Cemetery in Robbins Crossroads, Jefferson Co
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