JAMES COCKRILL
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Officer Rank: Town Marshal
Memorial Panel: 15-W: 27
Department: Breathitt County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: July 22, 1902
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Town Marshal James Cockrill was ambushed and shot five times as he stood in front of a store; he died the next day. Prior to the incident, Marshal Cockrill and his brother Tom, had attempted to arrest a suspect. The suspect resisted arrest and was fatally shot by Tom Cockrill, who was later tried in a court of law and acquitted. The brother of the deceased suspect was charged with hiring a man to kill Marshal Cockrill in retaliation. Marshal Cockrill?s assailant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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