Word: sheriffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Berrien County, Ga.. a moonshiners' ancient auto, capable of making a 147-m.p.h. getaway with a load of 200 gallons of corn liquor, was bought at auction by County Sheriff Walter Gaskins, who will use it to chase moonshiners...
Personal Service. In Celina, Ohio, Sheriff Bruce Barber was fined $100 for contempt of court after explaining why he shut down the jail and released four prisoners: "My budget is inadequate to run the jail in a proper manner...
...called Dr. Chester Williams, the coroner* of East Baton Rouge Parish (i.e., county), arranged for Williams to get commitment papers ready, then sped up the 80-mile, Huey-built Air Line Highway to Baton Rouge to sign them. While she was on the way, Coroner Williams and Parish Sheriff Bryan Clemmons ordered two detectives onto the highway at the parish line to wait for Earl Long, who would surely soon be racing for Baton Rouge to reclaim his power...
...white, unlabeled, state-police Ford sped by. A trooper was driving, and with him sat Earl Long. In the back sat an oldtime Long friend, Physician-Oilman (reputed annual income: $7,000,000 to $8,000,000) Martin O. Miller. The two detectives radioed the word to the sheriff's office, swung behind the Ford and began trailing it. In a few minutes came a message from Sheriff Clemmons: "The papers have been signed. Put your plan into effect...
...Louisiana's powerful parish coroners, under the state constitution, hold combined powers, in some circumstances, of chief physician, tax collector and sheriff...