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roNTiM n from pac.f tuh kv business and now rely mp solely for support on thr income from thr restaurantUter he was slt; trie need the res t.air art ( Nntomo's at 2800 NE 2.-' was destroyed by fireWilson said that because of thefire be has “sustained a substantial financial loss and has suffered a severe financial set-balt; k be* am-c he had planned for the restaurant to support his v- e and other dependents dur-n the period of his confinemerit. IYear MandatoryAnother reason whv Wilsonfeels his sentence should he re-d-?(od. he stated, is that be has ceased my activities in the wh; kv bu*;ness and have made a sincere effort to n habilitate nivM-if. end am leading the life ■ of a law-abiding citizen.*'Furthermore, he savs he be*4P?lieves the sentenee he received ! is greater than the court contemplated.Because of the nature of the suspended sentence, he would be required t • ser\e one full year in prison with no chance for a parole for good behavior.Othen SentencedWilson's brother, * Dude, re-cencd a $2 000 fine in addition to the one year prison sentence. Both were given 30 days to wind up their business affairs before startir their sentences.Ix'smt sentences were doled out to Todd Smoote. Floyd Fear-M,n ( laude Myers, Joe Seargent and I.eo (ilenn Abney, ail linked to the conspiracy to violate federal liquor laws.They are charged with conspiring to bring taxpaid whisky intodry Oklahoma. In addition, theWilsons were accused of operating without benefit of federal wholesale liquor dealers’ stamps.\ similar charge against J. D. W11‘p*. s wife, Bobbie June, wasoie^id for lack of evidence, and toe case of another charged rr r, pirator, Ellis Bonham, Wichita Falls, Texas, whisky dealer,- tponed finding filing of additional charges. \
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sat, Jan 18, 1958
Page 42
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