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UR OTHERS ARE ACQU TED IN TRIAL HELD AT CORPUS CHRISTILAW PROVIDES PENALTY FIVE TEAMS EACH COUNTDefendants Show No Emotion When Verdicts Are Read By Clerk of CourtCORPUS CHRISTI* Feb. 5.oltl0)b(V(tlclt;tlClVirhisriolot(AP)—Five men, including Slier-Raymond Teller of Willacyel tilcounty, were found guilty of peon-by »ago by a Jury in federal courthere tonight* add it ignuitdcIn addition to Sheriff Raymond Teller, those pronounced guilty v wer® Justice of the Peace Floyd f Dodd, former Deputy Sheriff 0 Frank Brandt, former Deputy , j Sheriff Carl Brandt and L. K.i Stoehwell. a farmer. C. S. Stock-well, hi« brother, County Attorney R. P. Robinson, R. G. Reisdorph, a farmer, and Lloyd Burnett, an-r 1 other farmer, were, acquitted.; Th© caeca went to the jury at l p. m» and a- sealed verdict was returned at 4:25 p. in, Judge J. C. \ ® Hutcheson and tho defendants, however, were not In , the court room when tho 'verdict cam® and it w»» opened when a special *e»- J * aton of court was called at 6:40 i lp. m.jatlttvn9The defendants, showed.3nf\i1 -ct\IIt9s.tlion when, the- verlcfcra Wereby'United States Clerk X* H.-MS-tcrson.Tefler, Frank Brandt and Floyd Dodd wero found guilty on both counts of an indictment which charged them with violation of the peonage status and conspiracy. | i The Jury recommended leniency in tlic case of Dodd. j I cGttUftyOa Other Ctonats* [oOn another Indictment, Frank Brandt, Carl Brandt and Sheriff Teller were found guilty on both counts, with leniency recommended In the cane of Frank Brandt.In still another case Frank Stock-well was found guilty on both counts. The Jury found not guilty verdicts against Teller, Dodd, Frank Brandt, K. F, Robinson and Lloyd Burnett, §The men were charged In connection with the alleged working of boys arrested on vagrancy charges !hv tfifi Wfllnpw rnnnfv offl, tIaatsby tho Willacy county peaco offlcera.The law provides a penalty of five years on each count.The peonage charges were baaed chiefly on testimony of several young men that they had been ar-CContlnued On Pago 2„ Column 3.)J1£1
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Wichita Daily Times
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 06, 1927
Page 14
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