ARREST BY SENATE.
Extraordinary Action In
U.S.A.
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS
WASHINGTON, February 5.
Mr. Robert, Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, was arrested 011 Friday night owing to his second refusal to supply information to the Oil Committee of the Senate concerning the disposition of £000,000 profits of the extinct Continental Trading Company of Canada, of which the Government alleges that Mr. A. B. Fall, former Secretarv of the Interior, received more than £4(5,000. '
Contempt of proceedings will be charged against Mr. Stewart if, following his arraignment yesterday before the Vice-President, General C. G. Dawe>, in Senate, he still declines to answer the questions.
This is one of the few occasions in American history that the Senate has taken 011 the aspect of a Court of Law to mete out punishment to a private citizen. A later message states that Mr. Stewart has obtained a temporary writ of habeas corpus, until February 7, under a bond of £200.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 30, 6 February 1928, Page 7
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