TEX RICKARD
VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright,
NEW YORK, March 28. Tho Rickard case went to tho jury following upon a. long and hard-fought trial, in which Rickard attempted to establish an alibi concerning the dato_ which the girl mentioned as that on which she vas assaulted. . The defence showed that a supporting witness for the prosecution—namely, a little girl friend of tho complainant—had upon several occasions committed forgery and other crimes. Rickard's attorney declared that Ricknrdi was the victim of Wall street blackmail, and he would devote the remainder of Ins life to run down the guilty ones. Rickard was acquitted. There are several other indictmente outstanding against him, charging him with the abduction of other girls. It is not known whether these will be quashed—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17932, 30 March 1922, Page 4
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131TEX RICKARD Evening Star, Issue 17932, 30 March 1922, Page 4
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