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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In New Orleans on Dec. 19, three subordinates of Senator Huey P. Long—Harold Puiol, S. W. Huck, and C. J. Lusk—were convicted of falsifying 1932 election returns, fined $100 each, and sentenced to seven months in parish prison by Judge Frank T. Echezabel. They appealed to the supreme court.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19. (U.P.) - Three subordinates of Senator Huey P. Long, convicted of falsifying election returns in 1932, were fined $100 each and sentenced to seven months in parish prison today by Judge Frank T. Echezabel.
The convicted men, Harold Puiol, S. W. Huck, and C. J. Lusk, served as election commissioners in the 15th precinct of the eighth ward and were among 513 commissioners charged in grand jury indictments with falsification of election returns.
Attorneys for the three men filed notice of appeal to the supreme court. Judge Echezabel imposed additional sentences of one month on all three in event they default on their fines.
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New Orleans
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Dec. 19
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fined $100 each and sentenced to seven months in parish prison; additional one month if default on fines; notice of appeal filed to supreme court
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Three subordinates of Senator Huey P. Long, who served as election commissioners in the 15th precinct of the eighth ward, were convicted of falsifying election returns in 1932. They were among 513 commissioners charged in grand jury indictments.