Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1974 Page: 4 of 28
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Jury convicts Archer Parr;
Manges makes bond of $121,500
SAN ANTONIO - Duval
County Judge Archer Parr, the
second member of a South
Texas political machine to be
prosecuted this year, was
convicted Thursday of all six
counts of a federal perjury
indictment.
The jury took less than two
hours to deliver the verdict.
Parr showed no visible emotion.
Parr uncle, South Texas
political boss George Parr, was
convicted of income tax evasion
in March by a Corpus Christi
jury and sentenced to five years
in prison, with another five-
year sentence suspended. He
also was fined $14,000.
U.S. District Court Judge •
D.W. Suttle Thursday set bond
at $121,500, the amount Archer
Parr received from the Duval
County Conservation and
Reclamation district between
1968 and 1970. He set sentencing
for May 20.
The government contended
Parr had lied when he told a
federal grand jury the money
was for legal fees.
Parr was led away from the
federal courthouse in handcuffs
by U.S. marshals who said Parr
was being taken to the Bexar
County jail where he would
spend the night. Apparently the
verdict was issued too late for
Parr to post bond.
Maximum sentencing on the
six counts would be 30 years in
prison and $60,000 fine.
U.S. Atty. William Sessions
said of the verdict "the only
thing I can say is that we are
delighted and I don't think
comment beyond this would be
appropriate."
Now that the two Parrs have
been convicted, the government
will concentrate on the
prosecution of three minor
officials of Duval County
governmental bodies who were
indicted by grand juries here
and in Corpus Christi.
"I feel bad," said defense
attorney James Gillespie,
following the verdict.
"Appeal is not an issue," said
Gillespie, who said he has filed
a motion for a judgment by the
court not withstanding the jury
verdict.
Deputy marshals refused to
allow Parr to talk to a reporter
as they escorted him from the
courtroom.
The government claimed the
grand jury which investigated
Parr found "A bubbling, boiling
pot of corruption that related
directly to Archer Parr."
Gillespie, in final arguments
to the eight-man, four woman
jury claimed Parr, a Democrat,
was a "victim of political op-
pression by the current
Republican administration."
George Parr's conviction was
also related to the water
district. The government
contended he had benefitted
personally from services and
equipment bought by the
district.
The six-count indictment
returned last fall charged Parr
of lying in grand jury testimony
when he said $121,500 in
payments to him from the
Duval County Conservation and
Reclamation District were for
legal fees.
U.S. Atty. William Sessions,
in final arguments at Archer
Parr's trial, drew George Parr
into his nephew's case but
Gillespie countered: "George
Parr is not. on trial in this
courtroom."
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1974, newspaper, May 16, 1974; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194459/m1/4/?q=heraclio%20perez: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.