The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 18, 1983, Image 6

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    , Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, April 18, 1983
Court orders teen’s
release in manners case
United Press International
HOUSTON — The Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals has
ordered the release of a teena
ger who was jailed for 30 days
for not saying “yes sir” to a
judge, an appeals court clerk
said.
The state appeals court Fri
day ordered Harris County jail
officials to release Michael
Washington, 18, on a $100
bond, chief clerk Troy Bennett
said.
However, the county sheriff
had not received the order late
Friday, and Washington re
mained jailed.
The ruling was made as
Washington served the 18th day
of a 30-day sentence for addres
sing State District Judge Michael
McSpadden with “yeah” after
McSpadden had instructed
Washington to say, “yes sir.”
probationary sentence on a
burglary conviction to teach the
defendant some manners.
McSpadden said Washington
failed to show proper respect to
the court, so he tacked on a 30
day jail term to Washington’s
Washington’s lawyer, Walter
Gill, last week asked thejudge to
shorten his client’s sentence:
When the judge refused, Gill
appealed to a higher court.
The appeals court instructed
McSpadden to respond to the
appeal by April 29, and said it
would rule sometime thereafter
whether the 30-day sentence
was legal.
Man selling house to pay
for liver transplant costs
United Press International
HOUSTON — Bill Brazier is
selling his home to get a longer
life.
The Houston man, 38, said
he placed his home on the mar
ket in an effort to help defray
die cost of an expensive liver
transplant operation he hopes to
receive in six months.
Brazier said Friday he was
selling his Houston home be
cause his insurance company
would pay only 80 percent of the
expected $00,000 hospital tab.
In addition, he said, the com
pany said it could not pay for
trips to the Pittsburgh hospital
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or his use of a costly anti
reject iou drug, which must be
used for the rest of his life.
To get the money for the
medical hills. Brazier said he was
placing his home on the market
for about $80,()()().
Generally, he said, it was
easier for young children to f ind
financial backing from corpo
rate benefactors than it is for
adults.
list like old times...almost!
Barbara Roberson holds the music for her husband
Ken Roberson while he plays with members from
previous Aggie bands during the Alumni game
Saturday. It was a reunion day with former
football players and former band itienii|
providing entertainment with their performiJ
Roberson, class of ’57, nows lives in San AnteJ
The varsity team outscored the alumni team.
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Woman arrested in alleged
beer bootlegging operation
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United Press International
GARLAND — A police
undercover operation in a dry
Dallas suburb has nailed a 62-
year-old woman who investiga
tors allege was bootlegging beer
f rom her f ront porch at S5 a six-
pack.
Oleta Arnold Gox was
arrested after she accepted a $5
bill from a police detective and
handed him a brown bag con
taining a cool six-pack, said
police Lt. John Williams.
The bespectacled, gray
haired woman said she had been
selling the beer to support her
self and her son after he was in
jured in a wreck.
Twenty-nine cases of cold
beer were seized during a raid at
her home Thursday night, Wil
liams said.
Cox, who was released f rom
jail late Thursday on her own
recognizance, faces a maximum
penalty of 180 days it
$ 1 .(mo fine.
Police said theybej
gating Cox about a i
when several pare
plained their high s
dren were buying b
neighborhood.
Officer YV.M. t
(:ox had customers
front porch whiles
side to get beer.
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