Show OFFICERS LAME DEFENSE St Louis Policeman Given Two Years for Perjury St t Louis May Maj John Di Dineen neon neen a wItness in a police court case was last night convicted of perjury in the criminal court and sentenced to two ye years rs In the penitentiary ry de defense delease lease was that when the oath was ad administered administered ministered to witnesses in the police court ca ease e he be stooped over and tied his shoe shoestring shoestring string and thereby 8 voided avoided raising his hand and taking the oath and therefore he was not a sworn witness He testified fled fied that it was a common practice of policemen to bend over and fumble wIth their shoestrings when they wished to keep from being sworn |