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El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Oakland, Calif., on Jan. 7, superior court Judge Mark Lee Megladdery Jr. was deprived of duties by fellow Alameda County judges amid new charges in the pardon scandal of San Jose slayer Clarence A. (Chick) Leddy. Attorney General Earl Warren obtained a statement from a go-between in pardon money transfers.
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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 7. (UP)—Mark Lee Megladdery, jr., was deprived of his duties as a new superior court judge as sensational new charges were made in the pardon case of Clarence A. (Chick) Leddy, San Jose slayer.
Megladdery said he planned to continue to appear for work despite an unanimous decision by the other eight members of the Alameda county bench not to assign cases to his court until the pardon scandal is cleared up.
Attorney General Earl Warren meanwhile, announced he had obtained a lengthy statement from a man used as an asserted "go-between" in the transfer of money in pardon cases.
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Oakland, Calif.
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Jan. 7
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megladdery deprived of duties; no cases assigned to his court until scandal cleared; warren obtained statement from go-between in pardon money transfers.
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Mark Lee Megladdery, jr., new superior court judge, deprived of duties by unanimous decision of other eight Alameda County judges amid sensational new charges in pardon case of San Jose slayer Clarence A. (Chick) Leddy. Megladdery plans to continue appearing for work. Attorney General Earl Warren announced obtaining lengthy statement from man used as go-between in transfer of money in pardon cases.