Word: prosequi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last summer U. S. prosecutors and a staff of G-Men checked up the La Follette revelations, persuaded a Federal grand jury at Frankfort to indict a formidable list which last week was reduced by death, illness, and nolle prosequi to the following: the Harlan County Coal Operators Association; 20 coal companies, 22 executives; 22 former or present Harlan County peace officers, including Sheriff (now ex-Sheriff) Theodore Middleton, who had told Senator La Follette "a lot of violence has been committed by my deputies." Last week Mr. Middleton and his co-defendants jammed a good portion of the tiny...