Acquit Former Deputy
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Title
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Acquit Former Deputy
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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Chicago Tribune
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Publication Place
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Chicago, IL
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Publication Date
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04/13/1967
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Transcript
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Acquit Former Deputy, In Montgomery, Ala., a fed-, eral court jury yesterday ac-, quitted a former deputy sheriff, charged with violating the civil, rights of a Negro who was, found dead in a jail cell short-, ly after his arrest., The jury of 11 white men and, one Negro deliberated less than, two hours before freeing the, former deputy, Harvey Conner,, in the death of James Earl, Motley, 27., The prosecution contended, that the former deputy struck, Motley with a weighted weap-, on when the Negro resisted ar-, rest. Conner contended that, Motley fell.
Acquit Former Deputy