Correspondence from Wilson to Guinier
Correspondence
November 18, 1982
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November 18, 1982
Ms. Lani Guinier
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc.
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Dear Ms. Guinier:
Please find enclosed a copy of the Order you asked me
to get in the Bozeman and Wilder case.
Sincerely,
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JAi\,IES E. WILSON, JR.
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STATE OF AIABA}IA
PICKENS COI]NTY
CIRCUIT COURT
STATE OF AIABAMA, ex rEl
P. M. Johnston, Dlstrict
Attorney, Twenty-Fourth
Judlclal Circult of Alabama,
Petltioner'
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si'"rrr or Pickens
Defendant.
This cause belng heard by the Court, by agreement of the parties, on the
2 Ou, of October, L978, and being submltted to the Court on the verified Petitlon
of the Dlstrlct Attorney, and it appeeiring to the Court that there ls probable cause
for believing that evldence of fraud or criminal offenses is contained withln the
Absentee Ba1lot boxes used ln the Democratic Prlmary Electlon of September 5, L978,
and the DemocratLc prlmary Run-off Electlon of Septernber'26, 1978; and lt further
appearllng to the Court that lt ls necessary that the Absentee Bal-lot boxes used ln
the aforesaLd.Electlons be opened and the contents thereof examined; and that such
evldence as nay be eonEalned ln sald boxes be presenred for consideratLon by the
Grand Jury of Plckens CountY-
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THE COURT: !
l-. Louie C. Co}eman, Sherlff of PIckenB County, lu enJoLned and prohibited from
destroying the Absentee Ballot boxes and the conte.nts thereof .used in the Democratlc
primary Election of september 5, 1978, and the Democratic Primary Runloff Electlon of
september 26, 1978, pendlng the further order of thls court
2. Louie C. CoLeman, Sherlff of Pickens County and custodian of said Absentee
BaLlot boxes, is orclererl to dellver sald Absentee BaILot boxes'forthwith to the Court.
3. The Distrlct Attorney ls ordered to oPen saLd Absentee BalLot boxes and
examine the contents thereof for possLble presentatlon of any evLdenee found the:
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to the Grand Jury of Plckens County'
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