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1,ri-“ Profiles in Courage/’ and went on to become the ?»5th Piesi-dent of the United States.leEtteefieldOfficers PutOn ProbationitoI GREENWOOD, CITPll — The e j Edgefield County Sheriff, the M | county attorney and an Edge* c* field farmer were placed on five to ' years probation Wednesday on 5. | charges of depriving a woman of her constitutional rights hy holding her in jail ;w days without eause.)1•noe8t-nt-i-ns.dsdesx-In Columbia, Gov. Donald Hus-Mil's office said the governor is conferring with Atty. Gen. Daniel R. MeLeod about apjndnting others to replace the officials.Federal Dist. Judge Robert W. Hemphill handed down the sentences against sheriff ClydeJackson, county attorney JoeF. Anderson and fanner Robert Smith of Edgefield.The three, plus deputy sheriff James Ouzts, were charged with holding Mrs. Vena Belle Israel, 52. for 22 days in Ege-field County Jail, in 19til. then releasing her only after she had signed over a $4,747 insurance check to them.Anderson was ordered to return the insurance money to Mrs. Israel. Hemphill dismissed charges against Ouzts after the oth-I er three pleaded nolo contendere — no contest.Co \1«in Witiifrlil
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Aiken Standard and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Thu, Dec 17, 1964
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