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Show RISKS JAIL SENTENCE BY RETAINING BOOKS SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10 Bather than surrender tho books of tho West-orn West-orn Fuel company to Judco Dooling of the United States district court, David C. Norcross. secretary of tho company. cavo himsolf up today to tho TJnitcd States marshal. Judgo Dooling hold him in contempt and sentenced him to jail until such time as tho books bo produced, but later released him on -1:3000 bonds pending habeas corpus pro- f ceedinus, Norcross already was under tH a $2000 fine for a similar offonse. Norcross, tho president, tho direct-ors direct-ors and other officers and .employoos of thc company arc under indictment H for conspiracy to defraud tho overn -1 meat out of thousands of dollars in customs drawbacks on imported coal I The books woro scir.eu soverai months )( 'ipo, by order of tho TJnitod States at- f torncv, and it is now tho contention of Norcross that he cannot bo mado lj to turn them over to tho federal grand j iurv, whero thev might bo used as a 1! basis for fresh indictmonts of himself. : |