CHARGE OF FRAUD.
Mr. Mellon's Action to Clear His Name. TAX EVASION SUIT. PITTSBURG, February 19. The hearing was opened yesterday of the suit brought by Mr. Andrew Mellon, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, against the Government to recover about 130,000 dollars, alleged to have been over-paid in income tax in 1931. The action has been instituted to clear Mr. Mellon of the charge of fraud which the Government unsuccessfully laid against him last May. The Government's counsel now will attempt to prove in open Court that Mr. Mellon owes about 3,000,000 dollars on income they allege he failed to list for taxing purposes in 1931. In his opening address Mr. Mellon's counsel stated that, whereas plaintiff paid 047,000 dollars, he could legally have avoided paying anything by listing his security losses and contributions to charity.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1935, Page 7
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