Hensons Found Not Guilty in Car Burning Case
The Hensons were acquitted of charges in a May car burning case linked to an inspector and deputies. The trial followed arrests made last August with earlier dismissals and reinvestigation by Aiken County officials. Jury verdict came after about two hours of deliberation.
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Sheriff’s Department
Allstate Insurance Co
Henson
Heath
Sheriff's Department
Edward T. Yarbrough
William G. Hamilton
Hamilton
Aiken County
B.E. Nichols
Yarbrough
Grant
Nichols
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Grand Jury
Aiken County Council Plans Car Pact and Budget Votes
The Aiken County Council meets at 7 in its new Richland Avenue office to discuss a buy lease plan for sheriff patrol cars and approves appropriations. The agenda includes ordinances on funds for recreation, jail medical bills, garbage bin rules, a county secretary post, and other transfers.
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Sheriff's Department
Aiken County Council
Richland Avenue
Carrol H. Warner
C. Wesley Smith
Aiken County Recreation Commission
Aiken County
Valley Recreation Association
Smith Transfer Company
Jackson First
Ta &E
Aiken County Technical Education Commission
Aiken County Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Conviction Rate High In State
Statistics from the South Carolina Attorney General show convictions in more than 75 percent of criminal indictments in 1979. Of 32,757 indictments, only 5 percent resulting in convictions came from trials, with most defendants pleading guilty. Data come from 16 judicial circuits to guide funding and prosecutor assignments.
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Columbia
State Attorney General’s Office
South Carolina
Attorney General’s Office
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Hensons
Tolle
AIKEN
Joe B. Babb
Moore
Chesterfield Street
Congoleum
NYLON
Saxony
Kalmia Plaza
Main Street
New Ellenton
Estée Lauder
Estee Lauder
Maximum
Naan
Qor
Celedon Parfum
J.B. White & CO
Heritage Square
Aiken, S.C
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