Difficult case ends with a not-guilty verdict

SUPERIOR COURT

It did not appear to come as a surprise to anyone in Jones County Superior Court last week when the not-guilty verdict was read following a trial in which the evidence boiled down to the testimony of the complainant.

Without physical evidence, it was a tough case to win.

The charge was child molestation that was alleged to have taken place four years ago. The complainant was 15 at the time of the al…