CONTEMPT OF COURT
U.S. OIL SCANDAL. Washington, Feb. 21. Mr. Justice Siddons found Burns, his brother, Sinclair, and Day, a member of Sinclair’s firm, guilty of contempt of court and will sentence them later. The defendants, it is believed, will immediately appeal to the United States Supreme Court d necessary, and this is expected to consume at least eighteen months.— Sinclair was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment; Oav to four months’, and Burns to 15 days’. Burns’ brother was fined 100 dollars. —(A. and N.Z.)
A development in the Teapot Dome case and subsequent jury tampering charges occurred when Mr. Justice Siddons appointed a committee of three members of the Bar to investigate the activities leading to his declaration of mistrial and the later institution of criminal proceedings against the guilty if the findings warranted it.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 61, 23 February 1928, Page 8
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