J. H. Bragaw, Grant County commissioner indicted for conspiracy
A1 Card for conspiracy to defraud the county [5][4][3]. Bragaw, Carpenter, and Morehead were also charged with failing to publish proceedings of the Board of Commissioners [2]. Bragaw claimed ignorance of irregularities before the grand jury, stating he relied on the probate clerk's integrity and never checked cancelled warrants against board orders [1][6].
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- Mr… (1890)Mr. John H. Bragaw, county commissioner, seems to have considered his full duty perform- ed by his attendance at the meetings of the board, and participation in the transaction of the business thereat, without i…
- S… (1891)S. P. Carpenter, J. H. Bragaw and A. H. Morehead, not publishing proceedings of Board of Commissioners.
- S… (1891)S. P. Carpenter, J. H. Bragaw and A. H. Morehead, conspiracy to defraud county.
- H… (1891)H. H. Whitehill, S. P. Carpenter, J. H. Bra- gaw and A. H. Morehead, conspiracy to defraud county.
- H… (1891)H. H. Whitehill, S. P. Carpenter, A. H. Morehead, J. H. Bragaw, T. W. Cobb and J. A1 Card, conspiracy to defraud (two indict- ments) .
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-09-05 (1890)ly therewith. This, he states, he did to close up the business of the meeting of the board, in order that he might sooner return to his home, and because of his implicit confi- dence in the integrity of …