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Show HOTHING ILLEGAL III COTTON LEAK IS CLAIM Defense Quotes From Roosevelt's Roose-velt's Letter of Accept-i Accept-i ance to Prove It. SEW TORK. Oct Jl President nooseelt 8 letter of acecptonco of the nomination for President a year afro or more was quoted by a lawyer today In defense of Mows Haas and Frederick H. Peckham. who recently wore ln-dlctcd ln-dlctcd by the Federal Bian.l Jury In Waahing-ton Waahing-ton on a ehrR.) of conspiring with Edwin Holme, Jr . to defraud the Government by gerurlr.g In advonce Information of the '"Ion -eminent cotton report. A portion of President's letter wax j u -1 -l WIS that there Is no . .mini. n low of th..' I nlte.l states that ran fclve Jurisdiction of an offense In a federal fed-eral court." Misconduct Is Alleged. Tb indictment had alleged that Holmes was Kulll jf misconduct In filtering lnt the conspiracy. con-spiracy. T hf. tj. fenr.' Ir.red tha no u.'b rffense as mlsconducl could I" found In any act of Consr.'ts which ulon. cul.t elve JurliuJIc-tlon JurliuJIc-tlon of an offense I I a federal court t.ut the prosecution contended thrl It WM en offense UKulnNt the common law of the District of Columbia. It was to controvc-t this esser-tlon esser-tlon that the President's statement wan quoted by the lawyer for the- defense. No Money From Government. It was also contended by the latter that tha Government was not actually defrauded of anything un.l that It thu alleced couaplratoi a secured money it was from siwculatlona. Decision on the motion to dlschaise Haas and Peckham from custody was reserve J. |