Ex-Deputy Charged in Jail Death
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Ex-Deputy Charged in Jail Death
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Atlanta Constitution
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Publication Place
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Atlanta, GA
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Publication Date
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01/18/1967
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Ex-Deputy Charged in Jail Death MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Justice Department filed an assault charge against a former deputy sheriff Tuesday in connection with the death of a Montgomery Negro construction worker whose body was discovered in the Elmore County jail at Wetumpka Nov. 20. The charge against the deputy, Harvey King Conner, was filed with the U.S. District Court in Montgomery. The charge says that while acting as a duly appointed deputy Conner "did wilfully assault, strike, beat and injure James Earl Motley with the intent and purpose of imposing summary punishment on him and did thereby wilfully deprive James Earl Motley of rights secured and protected by the constitution and laws of the United States." A grand jury at Wetumpka investigated Motley's death for two days and returned a no- bill. Motley was arrested on charges of highway drunken- ness and resisting arrest early Nov. 20.
