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FD-380 (Rev. 7-16-63) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) uvert Hill, 20-year-old Negro! who recently was sentenced to seven months in County Jail inj gppnection with a rock-throwing; incident here which left a white} outh seriously injured, has been, Hhicea on two-year probation: “The probation order was sign- ed by Circuit Judge Alta L. King on the recommendation of Solicitor Emmett Perry and Deputy Sol. Rufus Elliott. poe had_ handled prelimin- phases of the case and help- work out the earlier agree- ment for Hill to plead guilty to; the rock assault and receive the; seven-month sentence. # ‘Hill already has spent approx- jately eight months in the County Jail here while awaiting trial and then pending disposi- tion of his request for probation. In recommending — probation’ for him, Solicitor Perry called; attention to the fact that the man| already has been confined in| fail the length of the sentence] and he added that the probution!| supervisor, George Raley, who will oversee Hill's probation, had! studied his situation and termed him a good subject § for proba- tion. Happened ‘Sept. 15 The incident happened last) Sept. 15, the same day the Six-j teenth Street Baptist Church’ here was bombed, killing four| young Negro girls. Also on that day two white youths shot and] killed a young Negro boy. - Victim of Hill’s rock was’ Dennis Robertson, 16, of 2407 2ist-av,n, who was knocked from a motor scooter and dragged a considerable distance by the veh- icte. He had been on his way home from Farmer's Market, where he worked, when the rock was thrown ag he passed _ Hill's holisé. +Equals Earlier Penalty even-month inloaptence ‘duplicates the penalty__meted fheré earlier tothe tWO~‘white fyoiiths Who ‘had beén charged! in the slaying of the Negro boy. Hill. was represented in the’ case by Atty. James G. Adams’ “Tt wa¥ understood that investi-, gating officers and the parents ‘of Robertson had concurred in! the sentence and in the granting! of probation. originally had been; charged with assault with intent! to murder but entered the guilty! plea to the reduced charge of! assault and battery. At his preliminary hearing in County Criminal Court he stout- ly denied that he had thrown the| rock but other witnesses identi- fied him as the man who threw a o (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) THE BIRMINGHAM NEW: 11 THE BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA Date: 4-21-64 Edition: PLSAL Author: Jane Aldridqe editor: James L, Mills vatie: BA SoM Character; RM Classification: BIRMINGHAM Submitting Office: Heung Investigated 4 57.35 a-SEICER a mA’ - 7 1964