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Show DEVLIN TURNED DOWN BY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE I?' WASHINGTON, March 14. Tho re- ;V appointment of Robert T. Devlin p he !, TTnited Slates attorney for the northern r- district of California today was rocom : I mended for rejection by the senato com-mittce com-mittce on judiciary. Devlin has occu- 'M 1 pied the office for about five years, all except one term being under recess up- i 1: pointmenl. Thoro is Httlo doubt that . 1 flf: the senate- will aecopt the verdict ' ft of the .ijiulicmrv committee. I he ; & case was" investigated with great : 11 thoroughness by a sub-committee, which I SI considered all of the protests against. "4.) Devlin's continuance in office and heard IP a number of witnesses. Tho decision ' I: ; ft to reject the nomination was bv viva 'V voce,' and no member of the full epm- ''' mittec mado a request for a division. 1 , ; Tho result was reached with practical .ill unanimitv. 'Jlli Mr. Devlin was accused of "conduct i' unbecoming a United States attorney" in the so-called Pcrrin-Benson case. llo '''f obtained a conviction of both Pcrrin ' and Benson for conspiracy to defraud .jfcl the United Slates in, the acquirement ,'Ja' of lands in California. - J J The case was afterward reversed by ij ;, the federal court of appeals and re- " 'jj manded back for retrial, but heforc it ' I was retried the indiclnient against Por- , rin was dismissed. Tho fight; against (5 1 Devlin's confirmation was led by Dr. ''ii Pcrrin, an Arizona land and sheep ''1, owner, who, charged Devlin with sup If I pressing evidence in his case. |