SINCLAIR ACQUITTED
TEAPOT DOME LEASESNOT FRAUDULENT OR CORRUPT. SARCASTIC COMMENT 1 ON VERDICT (United Press Association— Copyright). (Received This! Day, 9.5 am.) WASHINGTON, April 21. The iury acquitted H. F. Sinclair in the criminal and civil Court actions arising mrt of the Teapot Dome scandals, and by its verdict unanimous decisions of the , States Supreme Court and Umfod States Circuit Court of Appeals, that the Teapot Dome transactions had been “IS*B£ Hum <-> hours and at no time was there danger of a verdict of guilty. Only one or two jurors had slight difficulty in making UP The e verdict caused a great surprise, and it is now undecided whether A. 1 . Fall (formerly Secretary of the Interior) who was co-defendant with Sinclair, null he tried on the same charges Norris, a. member of the Senate, said- “We ought to pass a law that no mJn worth 100,000,000 dollars should he tried for crime!” f tl Mr Nve (another member ot _ tne Senate) “You cannot convict a millionaire. ” —Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 164, 23 April 1928, Page 5
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