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Whisky DealerPleads Reform,Asks Term CutiCONTINUED r*OM PAGE 1whiskv business and is now re-1♦ tlying solely for support on the j income from the restaurant. j After he was sentenced the res-I taurant ( Antonio’s at 2800 NE \h I• 23 was destroyed by fire. jWilson said that because of the fire he has sustained a substantial financial loss and has I4] suffered a severe financial set- j back because be had planned for the restaurant to support his j wife and other dependents dur-1 in tic period of his confine- j mcnt. IYtar MandatoryAnother reason why Wilson feels his sentence should be reduced, he stated, is that he has ceased my activities in the1 whisky business and have made a sincere effort to rehabilitate myself, and am leading the life j of a law-abiding citizen. jFurthermore, he says he be- j lieves the sentence he received is greater th£n the court contemplated. |! Because of the nature of the j suspended sentence, he would be j required to serve one full year j in prison with no chance for a parole for good behavior.Others SentencedhFWilson’s brother, Dude,!’ re- r ceivod a $2,000 fine in addition to the one-year prison sentence, j I Both were given 30 days to wind it up their business affairs before I r starting their sentences. ;cLesser sentences were doled I F out to Todd Smoote, Floyd Pear- ^ son. Claude Myers, Joe Seargent j lt;and Leo Glenn Abney, all linked j * : to the conspiracy to violate fed- j i | eral liquor laws. jThey are charged with conspir- j1 ing to bring taxpaid whisky into i dry Oklahoma. In addition, the ;! Wilsons were accused of operat-! * ing without benefit of federal'j' wholesale liquor dealers’ stamps.A similar charge against J. D. Wilson's wife, Bobbie June, was dismissed for lack of evidence, and the case of another charged conspirator. Ellis Bonham, Wich-lj ita Fails. Texas, whisky dealer.!, was postponed pending filing‘of J additional charges. !t
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sat, Jan 18, 1958
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