10,000-DOLLAR FINE.
Actor Jack Benny Tongue-
Lashed By Judge.
GAOL SENTENCE SUSPENDED.
(Received 2 p.m.)
NEW YORK, April 4.
Reversing his plea to guilty Jack Benny was fined ,10,000 dollars and placed on probation for one year. A gaol sentence of one year and a day was suspended. The comedian turned crimson under a severe tongue-lashing from the judge who, pointing out that Benny made a large fortune from screen and radio, told him his act was a poor return for the country which, had done so much for him. He told him he should be ashamed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 80, 5 April 1939, Page 11
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