Facts:   - death place: savannah , georgia    - known for: an preservation movement , as well as the main character in early '' midnight in the garden of good and evil '' leader in the savannah , ga historic    - birth name: james arthur williams    - death date: 14 january 1990      - birth date: 11 december 1930    - name: james arthur williams    - birth place: gordon , georgia    - occupation: historic preservationist and antiques dealer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james arthur williams .
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`` for other people with similar names , see james williams and jim williams . ''james arthur `` jim '' williams -lrb- december 11 , 1930 -- january 14 , 1990 -rrb- was the only person in the state of georgia ever to be tried four times for the same crime .following the may 2 , 1981 shooting death of assistant danny lewis hansford in his savannah home , mercer house , williams was charged with murder and tried four times .he was found not guilty at the final trial .