TRIAL FARCE
GANGSTERS CONGRATULATE JURY.
VERDICT FAVOUR'S DEFENDANTS
CHICAGO, October 7
Gangsters congratulated the jury for bringing in a verdict of not guilty in a charge of vagrancy against the liquor baron and colourful underworld loader, .Spike O’Donnell, who has been in the spotlight since Capone was interned.
The proceedings were like comic opera. One gangster, in the character of a witness, when asked fiis address, said he changed it frequently, and did not know his present address till he looked up his book.
O’Donnell, on the stand, kept the court alive with witty sallies, at the expense of the prosecutor. When asked the involved question of whether Ids reputation on the date or the warrant was that of gun carrier, he responded: “Come again.. Shove that thing around a little plainer Mr Prosecutor.”
A retired police woman said that she had known O’Donnell since his birth and he bore an unblemished reputation.
The judge was forced to clear the court when the spectators cheered O’Donnell and his gangster friends.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1933, Page 7
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