TEAPOT DOME CASE.
FALL AND SINCLAIR ON TRIAL. SENSATIONAL PROCEEDINGS. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Received 12.55 p.m. to-day. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Fall astonished the court when he arose and pleaded a point in his own defence. Fall asked Air. Justice Siddons to allow the former Assistant Secretary for the Interior (Air. A. Finney) wTien on "the "witness stand ,to answer questions on cros-s-examination by the defence lawvens relating to the Interior Department, bases made previous to the Teapot Dome lease-. Fall’s move created a -sensation, which apparently surprised Sinclair and the lawyers for both defendants as much as the Government. Jndore Siddons listened, hut reminded Fall that he- had a capable counsel. Fall disregarded the court.. and continued speaking for five minutes. Judge Siddons denied Fall’s, plea, whereupon the latter resumed his seat. Fall’s object had. been to obtain testimony from Finney that the Teapot Dome lease was not surrounded. by undue secrecy, because competitive bidding for -such leases was not always customary. Thus another important point was lost by the defence.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 October 1927, Page 9
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