IMPROPER CONDUCT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 94, 22 April 1927, Page 7

IMPROPER CONDUCT.

Ford Libel Suit Declared a Mis-trial. BLAME THE WOMAN. 1 !;.-o ,v<vj jo ;yi a , r \ DKTROIT. April 21. | The libel suit broujrh: by Aaron Sapiro ag-ainst Henry Ford came to a dramatic end when .Tud-e Raymond ! granted a motion declaring the present proceedings to be a mis-mal. Mr. Ford's lawyer* presorted a . motion that Mrs. UoiTman. a member of the jury had been jruilty of conduct prejudicial to Ford, rendering a fair trial impossible. ' Their first charge apniust Mrs. Hoffman was that she had represented h<»r husband to lx» a rluiiibcr when a-.taallv he was a bootlcpcer. The second rharpc nj« that detec- j ti\e« had heard ho- ronv<-r<y»tion with nn j individual known as Kid Miller, who mentioned that they now had an oppor- ' lunity to make much n:onoy. The third charjre stated that «Lc bad ;i\en an interview to a Detroit news-1 , paper denying improper conduct as a mcir.l/er of the jury. 1 The fourth charpe alle S c<l that she had | t'»ld her eou.'in before the jury w:is rh««-en that it woiilil bad f u r Mr. I Kord if she was selected. The judce's deti-icn *wecj.* a-ide fi\o «eek-' to*iiuionv and w.iftes j u( dollar-. Tlic juiy in tiio ciw ri>n»i«tc«l of s.i n:o:i and MX women Inc'udoj were two' !•-•■»< an«i two Ki Klux K'.Aii!>.rae:i T'.c "ib.-Mr...- <•: the hi*-] «.i* ti.jl FOIJ h.il .icr;«o.l S.ipu-o o: hofldins a Jctueb rinx "Inch had attempted to control the ma:- , ketinc of ferm produce, and to mtrod-.i. <• ; H<'!>iieviMn into the farming community <•:' the St.Ues. The HiJor of J!r ; Fords newnrarnT. the ••IV.irUom In.].-1 penticnt." which in*tittit«Nj the a citation ■irainst the .Ifwiih rxploiuiifn of the fas ,n.o!>i. .!erl.u«-<i th.it the cimpaiCT w.u be-k-m without ron»;iltinc Mr. Furd. Throush- • >iit the trial <■!)•:•.i\ours wore made to iiitT<«l-.ic« the racial i«»u>-. 1 ~ ~~~~~~ 1