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Watsonville News, 101 Years Ago Today: Mayor Charged With Fraud
R.P. Quinn ran into trouble with a land deal.
On this date (Nov. 19) in 1910, the former Watsonville mayor was charged with fraud. This report was published in the San Francisco Call, Volume 108, No. 172.
FORMER MAYOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY OF FRAUD
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
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SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 18. — Watsonville's former mayor, R. P. Qulnn, charged with securing money under false pretenses on a land deal from H. Jackson of San Francisco, was up before Judge Smith today and entered a plea of not guilty. His trial was set for December 20. The defendant is at liberty on bail.
How long was Quinn mayor? Was he convicted in this land fraud case? This story raises so many more questions.
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