Show I I PLEA PUA Of GUIlTY IN REBATE CASE CAS Southern Pacific Fined 1000 1 for Technical Violation of f the Law Los Angeles Cal Oct 1 IThe The South Southern ern em Pacific railroad pleaded guilty to today today today day In the United States St tes district court to rebating and was fined 1000 by Judge Wellborn Through Attorney C CM CM CM M of San com corn company company pany pony entered a plea of technical and unintentional guilt The maximum pen penalty penalty penalty alty would have been The counts In the indictment on which the fines were imposed were the cases in which the Southern Pacific had grant granted ed rebates to the Penn Fruit company and the company Concerning the Penn Fruit company rebate Attorney Durbrow said This company shipped oranges from Arlington to Riverside over oer the Santa SantaFe Fe and from Riverside the fruit was carried to its final destination in the east by the Southern Pacific Because it had been the custom of the Southern Pacific to make a half halt rate charge on shipments of or fruit and other products of or the soil SIJ between local points In California the th request for refund on these shipments was granted and the law was violated inadvertently All other counts in the Indictment and another charge were dismissed at the request of the attorney for the company and on motion of or Oscar Lawler assist assistant assistant assistant ant attorney general of ot the United States Stales The indictment dismissed by the gov gow government gO was one In which rice wine and tapioca flour had been imported from to San Francisco by the Pacific Mall and brought to Los An Angeles Angeles geles over the Southern Pacific road It was that the th rate between En I Pin an and Los Angele Angelee was lr lc cal at ani arI there thre had been b Cn no vio vIa violation violation J lation of the law I |