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_ 4 ! ; - er ae - Zé SA 44-2889 "When we came to the area we had planned to picket, Pecos County Sheriff's Deputy Paul (Last Name Unknown), was sitting in a car parked at the side of the road. It was light, but not yet sun- rise. We parked about 50 yards in front of the Geputy, and proceeded with the picketing activities. "After two minutes or so, we got back into the care and proceeded further along the road to another field and parked. Shortly after we had stopped, three Pecos County Sheriff's Office Cars arrived with their red lighte flashing, and parked across the road fram us. Dave Hill, the Chief Deputy, I believe. got out and told us all to get into the Geputies' cars, that we were under arrest. "I went over to remonstrate with Depoty Hill to let him know that we thought we were on public land, and if we were not, we were at least entitled to a warning so that we could leave, according to Texas statutes. “Deputy Hill told me that he did not care who I was, to shut up and get in the car. “Thirteen of us picketers were placed into two squad cars and were driven at high speeds, eccasion- ally as high as 75 miles per hours, to Fort Stockton, Texas, the county seat of Pecos County. We were all charged with criminal trespass and released on the maximum bond 00.00 for each person). We were held one day in the city jail because the county jail was being repaired. — "It appeared to me that the picketeres were not arrested in accordance with Texas statutes. We were not given any warning by the deputies that we were possibly trespassing on private property, there were no signs indicating that we were on private property, and we were not given any chance to leave the property before being placed under arrest. “It is my personal contention that the maximum bonds were placed on the strikere in an effort to fo