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‘Paper Bag’Gifls LaidTo Buchanan■Jbis,**eaMIAMI CAP)—A witness In suspended Sheriff T.A. Buchan* an’s perjury trial testified be made up a iisl of names mid fictitious contributions to Buchanan's election campaign.u*abe\'vT-O-113USIdxl:h111filef.The witness, Clyde Banks, told a Criminal Court jury Tuesday that he supplied the names—in* eluding his own ami a brother's —to account tor money which he said already u as in the hands af Buchanan campaigners.Banks testified lluil Hu mimes, were asked by Roy Ouan, n Mi-1 ami business innu who lestified: he saw “a lifelong. friend antll irnmWer give Buchanan a haul of money to assure his election.Onan said he drove the sheriff lo the home of Charles Robertson with Buchanan “hiding in the back seat at the car.” lie testified that at the Robert son home be saw Robertson put bills of S10, $20, $100 and $1,000 denominations into a paper bag and hand it to Buchanan. Ouan then drove Buchanan and the money back to a shoppiug ceri* n I or isiih the slicriff acain ciomking in the back of i!w ' u automobile, Onan testified. . hWhen Onan testified that Buchanan hid in the back uf Hie car, defen.se counsel Harry Pra* bisli told the hulking sheriff to stand up, and said to Ouan do you know how big this fellow is? Six feel, five inches. Prchis then crouched on the courtroom floor in an effort to show the jury Buchanan would have had a hard time hiding himself in the back of a car.Probish also pictured Onan as a man who is out la get’’ the sheriff. Onan himself testified f would tlo nothing to get him fired.“• iwmsthiinexDlt;allprnafrclo
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Fort Pierce News Tribune
Fort Pierce, Florida, US
Wed, Aug 10, 1966
Page 16
Full Page
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Ronald S.
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