William Bedloe Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, revealed nothing of importance. Bedloe wrote a "Narrative and impartial discovery of the horrid Popish Plot" (1679), but all his statements are extremely untrustworthy. Lady Worcester, whose husband was an indirect target of Bedloe's accusations called him "a man whose whole life has been pageantry and villainy and whose word would not have been taken at sixpence". At Oates's trial for perjury, some years after Bedloe's death, Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys, who had condemned innocent men on Bedloe's accusations, called him "infamous Bedloe". William Bedloe William Bedloe (20 April 1650 – 20 August 1680)
John S. Richards renamed the Public Library Association) from 1949 to 1950. Richards served as president of the American Library Association from 1955 to 1956. Richards spent much time representing ALA in congressional committee meetings; during his term, the Library Services Act was passed into law, funding public libraries in rural areas. John S. Richards John S. Richards (February 16, 1892-December 3, 1979) was a librarian who served as the president of the American Library Association from 1955 to 1956. John Stewart Richards was born February 16, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to the Pacific Northwest when he was four years