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Giles Trial Opens Amid Confidence In Kinney County Case
Bascom Giles faces charges of taking 6800 from the state tied to a Kinney County land deal as jury selection dominates the first week. Testimony centers on Giles who launched the veterans land program and his son Rogan sits among the defendants. Additional related trials and desegregation, insurance, and political notes follow.
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Bascom Giles
Kinney County
Giles
John Allen
Bob Smith
Attorney General's Office
Proctor
Brady Land
B. R. Sheffield
South Texas
George Parr
Parr
Austin
Allan Shivers
Woodville
Texas
Allen Mooney
Wooodville
Shivers
88Th Judicial District
Will Coker
Alexandria
J. B. Peden
Kenneth Franklin
Houston
T. L. Capps
Mother Faggard
Pete Willette
Port Arthur
Willette
Larry Schultz
Jimmy Reed
Freeport
Sonny” Chapman
Frank Langston
C. H. Shawver
Mary Robinson
J. L. Killen
Darlene Davis
Shawver
Dale Williams
Fletcher
Earl Williams
Hi. C. Williams
Beaumont
Williams
Aubrey Johnston
Fort Worth
Frances Cowart
Liberty
Charlotte Smith
J. R. Beck, Sr
P. S. Bridgewater
Jimmie Pollock
Bryan
Amelia
G. W. Caywood
B. D. Harris
Walter
Brenda Jordan
Newt Guilbeau, Jr
N. A. Guilbeau
NTSTC
Millard Payne
Saratoga
Linda Johnson
J. W. Hurst
L. R. Ledger
First Baptist Sunday School
L. Landry of
Silsbee
F. Landry