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Matter
- Bozeman v. Lambert
Case
- Bozeman v. Lambert
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
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- 7439e4e0-ed92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Two Dates Face Those Indicted News Clipping, 1979. 7439e4e0-ed92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6804aa73-35ec-4adb-9775-2c59ace7fad0/two-dates-face-those-indicted-news-clipping. Accessed November 23, 2025.

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    Two dates face those indic{ed
Ausust l0 and SePt. l0 are the next

two significant days for the 16

Randolph Connty residents indicted for
voting violations in last September's
Democratic primaries, partictlarly in
the race for sheriff.

August l0 is the daY for sentencing
the five who pleaded guilty - four who
worked for the election of Bill Elliott
and one charged with voting more than
once. Sept. 10 is the day set for the trial
of the other 11, with the Possible
exception'of Major Wilson, released
Monday from RandolPh CountY
Hosoitil. where he had been under
obsdrvafion for possible heart trouble,
to a laGrange sPecialisL

Wilson suffered a Possible heart
attack ThursdaY, JtdY 5, on his waY t9

Ooelika to jrrrender to federal
ofiiciats, and he has been in the hospital

since then.- 
einnt of the 11 worked for the

r"I"?:on of Sheriff Charlie will
'rrr-rrnot.i. including the sheriff
htn*ii. TheY face a ls+ount
indictrnent.--ei tte arraigntnent they moved.to
i.ver their sas€s' to b€ tneo

individuallY, but Jrdge Robert E'
Varner, of-the U. S. Middle Dtstrlct ol
A[bada, who will Preside, denied the
reouegt.-Lad 

connsel for the prmmution will
Ue S""tY Teague, U.S- attorneY, who

t"t *oitea in Ure eight'monthlong
investiqation with the FBI.
n" irrrv lisi" PossiblY from fl) to l0

o.rsoni. wil ba drawn from dl 23

Lounties in the distrlct' includlng
nrrraototr. These coundes range in a
tin" fiom RandolPh to Chilton
southwest as far as Lnwndes and south

as far as Hotston.
fire iurv hearing the Randolph cases

*iU p.bUiUty be one of three stnrck the
morning of SePt. 10.- 

l,ae iourtroom is in the Federal
Courthouse in Opelika, which ls the old
U.S. Postoffice building"'criih;il'il4"i"d, 

"di 
two are on the

county payroll, JtomPson and me of
his deputies, Curtis Morrow'-Ttre' fom men Pleadiag SUiltY'
,roifing for the elec$bn of Bill Elltott'
*tro*aitcUeashortly after the SepL A
nuroff while apparently deaning- a

shotgun, ttad thtir three+ount indlct'

ment reduced to fire, con+tracy lobuy- '

votes. They are larell Brown, Vqrnqn
Brrwn, W-sllacc Bonner, end W. T. '
(Douc) Pinldrd.' 

Ts'6'other rnen wlro srpported EXliott
and who pled not nriltY are W. C.

Wilder andpureU Mitchelt Wilsut will
enter his plea den be is released by his
doctor. AttomeY John TlnneY of
Roanoke ls defending Wilder and
MitchelL

Besldes Ttrmrgson, rho ls in his fitth
four-vear term as sherilf, and Morrow,
thce who wcked for hls elecdon are
*..1. nfcurOsau Robert L Brown Jr.'
Irds Mccatn, M. L (Slim) Jotmson'
Rov Davenoort, and RubY Andrews'
Ttr6y bave retakted Attorneys-Lewis
Itarirner of Roanoke and Tom Radney
d Alerander C1tY. ThomPson faces a

l5<ount tndctment lncludlng corspir'
acy to buY votes, votlng -Iql'F
,i6t Uo*, ind voting bY ineligible
Ders{rrut. 

-

--ffi64'Ctfistopher is the only cre
accused of vodng more than once'

Wbataner cmes of the present cases'
Teacue has ssid that thc RardolPh
hv&tigation world continu.

%/q/rzy

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