AMERICAN OIL SCANDAL
TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED. BLOW TO THE DEFENCE. (Frees Assoclatlon-By Telegraph—Oopyrlgbt.) WASHINGTON, October 19. The Government won the first legal skirmish in the Fall-Sinclair trial, when it obtained the admission, in spite of the defence’s objecton, of Fall’s famous letter of July, 1921, to Doheny, asserting that he (Fall) wis then in complete charge of the Government oil reserves. The admission of this letter is considered a blow to the defence, because the letter had indicated that it would prove that others than Fall were responsible for the naval oil policy, which finaly resulted in turning the reserve over to Sinclair. Mr Martin Littleton, chief counsel for the defence, told the jury that Fall and Sinclair would prove that they were prompted by patriotic motives, and had acted in the interest of national defence when they signed the Teapot Dome lease Mr Littleton asserted that they would disprove the prosecutor’s claim that Fall received bonds from Sinclair after the lease was granted.—A. and 'N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20235, 21 October 1927, Page 9
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