Word: brinson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jones's difficulties began when he and State Parks Director J. W. Brinson Jr. were questioned about an apparent $4,650 overcharge on the state purchase of gardening machinery. Jones got to Jury Foreman Edward Westlake, 39, and proposed a $100,000 payment for hamstringing that and other investigations. Westlake refused, reported the offer to State Solicitor General Paul Webb. At Webb's urging, Westlake got in touch with Jones again, hinted at a change of heart. Meeting at an Atlanta tree nursery, the two agreed on a $10,000 price tag on the single charge against Jones...
Last week the tactless tractor dealer was sentenced to from one to three years in prison, and stood prepared for still more misery. He and Parks Director Brinson still face a six-count fraud indictment for their original overcharge to the state. But when they will come to trial is uncertain. Georgia's court dockets are getting more and more crowded, as the state wipes out the footprints left by the Marvin Griffin administration...