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Show JUDGE SCORES JURORS IN THE VVISNER CASE NJCW VOniC, Feb. S. The government's govern-ment's ease against A. 1. Wisner and John M. .Meyer., Indicted for mluusc of the malls to promote oil and mining properties, prop-erties, resulted today in no verdict. The jury was discharged after vainly trying for forty-si:: bourn to agree. The trial lasted nine weeks and cost the government $70,000. Wisner and Meyers werft accused of defrauding Investors all over the country of more than S'-'.OPMUO. Their main defense de-fense was that a partner, who wont to Europe, but later returned to become a government witness, got most of tho money. "Never in all my experiences." said Judge Mack, "have I seen a clearer cuec for conviction or damaging evidence better bet-ter produced. Jt I5 almost incomprchen-Hlbln incomprchen-Hlbln to me how any of these jurors could have stood out all this time against conviction.' con-viction.' Pending a new trial the defendants were admitted to ball. The amount In Mevera' case was fixed at $12,500; in Winner's, 51000. |