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Show RIVAL GREEKS ARE jN COURT E Did Attias Practice ! Medicine? I Throngs of Greeks Watch 5 Progress of, the I Trial. Official Interpreter Hnd No Sinecure Judge Diehl Take3 Case Under Un-der Advisement. Dr. P. G. P. Attias was tried beforo Judge Dlohl yesterday afternoon on the charge of practicing medicine without a license. The decision In tho case will be announced by Judge Diehl Friday ; morning: at 10 o'clock. "Without argu- ; ment and with virtually only one wit ness on each side, the complainant and the defendant, the case went into the .hands of the court. Greeks Are Interested. Greeks clustered in the corridors of the police headquarters' building:: they filled, tho courtroom; and they gathered gath-ered on .the sidewalk, discussing- this phase of the present fight between At-1 At-1 lias and Leon Sklirls, for prestige Among: them. Sklirls himself was present pres-ent not only as a witness In rebuttal, ibut sat beside Assistant District Attorney At-torney Ingebretson throughout the )roceedlngs. Bottles in Evidence. John Touraloukls is prosecuting witness wit-ness In this case. He said on the stand that he had gone to Attias In this city for treatment and that the latter had given him two bottles of medicine to take. The bottles were produced in evidence. The bore the label of a drug store, but the witness maintained that Attias had produced them from his own room at the time In question. He claimed he paid Attias 52;. for this and averred that he was very anxious to see Attias go to jail, j Attais Denies Everything-. Attias denied eVer having met this ; man in the manner described. He de- i nled that he had ever either given him medicine or ordered medicine for him and further that Touraloukls had ever consulted him about matters medical. On cross-examination he said he had gotten a medical diploma in 'Paris and that he had practiced medicine In Europe. Eu-rope. He maintained that he had I never practiced in this city, but had, 1 he said, acted as Interpreter for well- 1 known local physicians. Interpreter Had No Snap. I The unfortunate Individual who acted I as interpreter -was the main center of I attraction during the trial. Both At- I tias and Sklirls speak Greek and both I listened closely to his translations, each I ready to contradict them In case of I error. Sklirls was particularly anxious I and ahd on one occasion to be re- strained by the" State's counsel. 1 Judge Diehl, when everything had M been said, remarked that the casetpre- 1 aented one or two features which would 3 stand deliberation and study, and for a that reason reserved his decision. |