Claim Deputy Assaulted Negro Who Died In Jail
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Title
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Claim Deputy Assaulted Negro Who Died In Jail
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Times Record
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Publication Place
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Troy, NY
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Publication Date
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01/18/1967
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Transcript
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Claim Deputy Assaulted Negro Who Died In Jail MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Justice Department has filed a misdemeanor charge against a former Elmore County deputy sheriff, claiming he assaulted a Negro found dead in a cell at the county jail last Nov. 20. The federal charge against Harvey King Conner was filed in U.S. District Court yesterday and Conner was summoned to appear for arraignment March 1. He is charged under a section of the U.S. code providing a penalty of up to one year in prison and a fine of $1,000 or both, court officials said. The Justice Department con tended in its charge that Conner, while acting as a duly ap. pointed deputy, "did willfully assault, strike, beat and injure James Earl Motley with the intent and purpose of imposing summary punishment on him and did-thereby deprive James Earl Motley of rights secured and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
