GUILTY OF PERJURY.
LONG CASE IN AMERICA. BITTERLY CONTESTED ACTION. Received January 31, 9.5 a.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 29. After a bitterly contested action, in which famous counsel defended him, and prominent clergy testified concerning iiis integrity, \V. 11. Anderson (the New York State superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who ivas charged in July last with misappropriation of the league’s funds) was iound guilty of perjury in the third degree, the jury deliberating for three hours. The maximum punishment for this offence is five years. The indictments of grand larcency are still outstanding, but it is considered certain that the case will be carried to the Appeal Court. Counsel summoned hundreds of witness! s, including clergymen who had helped to support Anderson. Anderson’s chief cry was that the enemies il prohibition had planned and successfully executed his downfall. Elderly clergymen whom the prosecution crossexamined declared with tears in their eyes after strong and incontrovertible evidence against the accused had been addi ced, that they would deliver up theii hearts and souls for him.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 930, 31 January 1924, Page 5
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