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vThtr Atlanta Journal WEEKEND Trie Atlanta Constitution SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1986, ryan sheriff sentenced 8 years f.lAOCIUE DUG "STAEIEOUEn GALE 1 HANDMADE ORIENTAL RUGS WE'VE SECURER THE MERCHANDISE OF A URGE DEALER AND ARE OFFERING THESE RUGS TO THE PUBLIC AT WHOLESALE PRICES. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SALE WILL BE A SELECTION OF RUGS FROM OUR STORAGE WAREHOUSE" Special 3'6xl'8 TURKISH ft Retail J20O NOWZT Ontfptrcuitomtr Thh ad mutt pmtnlxi 2'4xV8 NOMADIC NOW Id On per cuttonwr Thil 06 mm) bt pr xnd OFF ALL RUGS FIRST COME-FIRST SERVED pose a stiff sentence as a message to other public servants, "vindicating those who- have never strayed and deterring those who might be tempted" by illegal profits. "The man who stands before you was privileged for so many years to serve the people of Bryan County as their chief law enforcement officer," Leach said. "He did a pretty good job, didn't he?" Alaimo interjected in a hushed voice. "He used the position to conceal crimes he was Leach replied.

Williamson, who has served since 1968, was the 15th Georgia sheriff indicted on criminal charges since 1981 and the ninth convicted. Blitchton. An interim sheriff, Herbert L. Schwabe, appointed after Williamson's indictment, will continue to serve until the sheriff exhausts his appeals. Williamson, who has.

been free on bond, was ordered to surrender to federal authorities on Feb. 18. U.S. District Judge Anthony Alaimo said he considered not only the "bad character" Williamson exhibited in the stolen truck deals but his history of "good character" in service to his county. The.

sheriff could have been sentenced to a maximum of 63 years in prison. The $65,500 fine was the maximum possible. Assistant U.S. Attorney Arthur Leach had asked the judge to im Jt'Uliamson also told tbpaya $65,500 fine i By Margaret Knox Staff Writer I SAVANNAH The sheriff of Bryan County was sentenced in fed eral court here Friday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay a $65,500 fine for receiving and storing stolen vehicles. Sheriff Harry Williamson, 57, of Pembroke, was convicted last month of eight counts involving a conspiracy to purchase Mack truck tractors and trailers stolen in Pennsylvania and Ohio for use in a heavy equipment business the sheriff operates with his brother In Sue.

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tO-33CFF Home entertainment center in various sizes and finishes. Reg. 25-35Cr? cent," said Coleman. "Well, he doesn't have to. The U.S.

Constitution says in black and white that a person is innocent until proven guilty." Coleman believes publishing Owens' ruling in the local newspaper may have caused a few Valdostans to change their opinion of Wilcox's guilt. "But I think that most people who had a concrete opinion didn't want anything to change that opinion and so they didn't read it," said Coleman. i The senior Wilcox also said that running the opinion in the newspaper may have "produced a few converts" but that some Valdostans will always think his son should have remained in prison. 1 "I just figure that there always will be people who are going to say something nasty," said Wilcox. "There's no use in trying to turn these people around." Coleman believes that with time, the resentment against Wilcox will subside.

"Time heals most wounds," said Coleman. "And I Nov. 24, 1980, when a logger unearthed it. Prosecutors contended Wilcox strangled Mrs. Hanks after she re-, sisted his sexual advances.

The Wilcox ruling frequently is compared by. residents here to the Hth Circuit decision last month overturning the convictions of three men in the slayings of six members of the Ned Alday family of Donal-sonville in 1973. "People here have a bad taste -in their mouths about the higher courts," said Charlie R. Spray, one; of the investigators in the Wilcox', case and now Valdosta's police chief. But Coleman said that compar- 'ing the two rulings is unfair.

In the Alday ruling, the 11th Circuit held that even though the defendants -were obviously guilty, pretrial publicity prevented them' from receiving a fair trial and that they de served to be retried, said Coleman. Owens, however, ruled that the state had not proved its case against Wilcox and that his conviction was unconstitutional. "I've been asked about the fact that Judge Owens did, not clearly say in his ruling that Keller is inno they have a jury of 12 people that votes to send a man to jail, how one judge can turn him loose," said Hanks, a 57-year-old state prison officer and resident of the Lowndes County town of Morven. "It seems like the ones who get stepped on are the-ones who pay the price. The ones who commit the crimes get all the help." Doc Griffin, Mrs.

Hanks' older brother, said Owens' ruling sends a message to young people that they can commit crimes and get away with 1 "It's a bad example to this world; it's a bad example to this country," said Griffin, who owns a bar and liquor store in nearby Nashville. "It's a bad example for our judicial system. I think the man got a fair trial." Hellen Hanks, one of five chil AMKUAL CLEADAWCE SALE: 10-50 C7F 5 This is just a sample of the hundreds of selected items on sale now at Storehouse. You'll find ouys in every category or tumiture-trom bentwcod to bedroom, from storage to' Included are Storehouse classicsoverstocked and discontinued merchandise and one of a kind bargains. Hurry in -quantities are limited! ASK ABOUT OUSt SPECIAL CREDIT PLAN: NO PAYMENTS 'TILL APRIL! mtm 01IB': purchase -i All stores open Sun.

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Our name means "environment" in Italian. ALL ADULT I SKI JACKET AM AD! II SKI SWEATERS dren of a Lowndes County farm family, was reported missing Aug. 31, 1972, but her body, buried in a wooden box, was not found until i A chronology of the events in Hanks case I Aug: 31, 1972 Hellen Hanks, a J5-year-old secretary at Wilcox Outdoor Advertising in Valdosta, disappears. She was last seen at vork, and her car and pocketbook w.ere found at the advertising Nov. 24, 1980 A logger digging up roots with a plow in rural Lowndes County unearths a wooden box.

A skeleton, identified as the remains of Hellen Hanks, is found inside. The box later is identified as similar to the type used by Wilcox Outdoor Advertising. July 3, 1381 Keller Wilcox is arrested and charged with the murder of Mrs. Hanks. The key evidence against Wilcox consists of sworn statements given to investigators by two elderly employees of the advertising firm, Lorenzo Marshall and Ed Wrentz, who said they beeped Wilcox bury Mrs.

Hanks. Jan. 14, 1982 A jury converts Wilcox of murder and concealing a death, despite the fact that on the witness stand, both Marshall and Wrentz recanted their earlier statements incriminating Wilcox. Wilcox is sentenced to life in prison. f4.

March 18, 1983 The Georgia Supreme Court upholds the murder conviction. July 10, 1985 During a hearing on Wilcox's federal appeal of his cpnviction, Wrentz once again recants his earlier statement that he helped Wilcox bury Mrs. Hanks. Doc 20, 1985 U.S. District Qourt Judge Wilbur Owens in Macon reverses the murder conviction, ruling that the state presented insufficient evidence to convict Wilcox.

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