Burton Becker

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Burton F. Becker was an American police officer. He was the police chief of Piedmont, California in the early 20th century and Kailiff of Ku Klux Klan No. 9 in Oakland, California. [1] [2] He was elected Sheriff of Alameda County in 1926. [2] As sheriff, Becker offered protection to illegal gambling operators and bootleggers in exchange for bribes. [3] In 1930, after years of investigation by Alameda County District Attorney Earl Warren, [2] he was tried and convicted on corruption charges, [4] removed from office and sent to San Quentin Prison to serve a sentence of one to 14 years. [5] He was paroled in February 1934 and pardoned by California Governor Frank Merriam in 1936. [6]

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  1. ↑ "Sidney Dearing". SidneyDearing.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Cray, Ed (1997). Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren. New York City: Simon & Schuster. pp. 52–57. ISBN   978-0-684-80852-9 . Retrieved March 21, 2012– via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Warren, Earl (1977). The Memoirs of Earl Warren. Doubleday. pp. 85–87. ISBN   0385128355 – via Archive.org.
  4. ↑ White, G. Edward (1982). Earl Warren, A Public Life. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 29. ISBN   978-0-19-977212-4 . Retrieved March 21, 2012– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Warren, Earl (1977). The Memoirs of Earl Warren. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. p. 101. ISBN   978-0-385-12835-3 . Retrieved March 21, 2012– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Burton Becker Is Granted Pardon". Press Democrat. No. 18 December 1936. Retrieved 7 October 2022.


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