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SHERIFF HELD INCOMPETENT(•rand Jur\ Move* to Oust IMa*are lt;ountv Officermfw “Laxity.”• By l.’oit**! Kr«*s»‘MUNC1E, Ind., July 14.—Qa*ter proceedings were under way today tor the removal from office ofHarry McAuley, sheriff of Dela*ware county.A grand jury which probed the conduct of VIcAuley’s officecharged him with neglect of duty. He was ordered to appear before Judge Dearth in circuit court on July 24 to show cause why he should not 1m* renio ed.McAuley is expected to seek a change of venue from Judge Dearth's court, as Judge Dearthwas instrumental in bringing about the investigation.In the report of the grand jury it is charged that McAuley permitted several prisoners to leave jail before expiration of their terms and that he gave two prisoners access to a room in which conriscted liquor was stored.On ope occasion a negro prisoner was permitted to visit a white girl in the juvenile ward, it was charged.Another prisoner, it was asserted. was allowed to have a woman visit him in his cell.
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Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1926
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Full Page
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