CAPONE CONVICTED
EVASION OF INCOME TAX
FIVE OUT OF 23 CHARGES
CHICAGO, 17th October.
Capone, Chicago h notorious gangster, was convicted by a Federal Court jury on Saturday night, after more than eight hours' deliberation, on five out of twenty-three charges of evasion of income taxes.
The maximum penalty possible is 17 years' imprisonment and a 50,000-dollar fine.
The defendant smiled as the verdict was read.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 95, 19 October 1931, Page 7
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66CAPONE CONVICTED Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 95, 19 October 1931, Page 7
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