NAVAL OIL LEASES.
REVIVAL OF SCANDAL. THREE MEN TO STAND TRIAL. Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. (Reed. 15.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Judge Stafford, of the Columbia Supreme Court, has ruled that Fall and Doheny must stand their trial in a criminal Court on a charge of conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with the naval oil leases, which were granted to Doheny by Fall. The Judge over-ruled demurrers filed by the defendants and held that the indictments were sound. The demurrers contended that the Secretary of the Navy who was empowered by law to negotiate leases on naval reserves was not Fall, and that consequently the leases granted by Fall were null and void, and hence could not damage or defraud the United States. Judge Stafford also over-ruled the demurrer of Harry Sinclair, who will be tried in the same Court with Fall and Doheny,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19254, 17 February 1926, Page 11
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