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Show DEFENSE WILL IKE ITIOmilISS NEW YORK Dec 17 Test monv in tended to Bhow that Edward D Hob bins former general counsel of the New York New Haven &, Hartford rai road caused to be sj r ted to Canada the books and assets of the B Hard oom panv and tr eti to pre ent them from be ng produced before the nterstate commerce eommiss on and the g and jur was presented by the go ernment to da which closed its case against Bob b na and ten other former d rectors ot the road on tr al for alleged r m na violat on of the Sherman law The trial now has been n progress two months and fi e days On Alondaj counsel for fhe defense w 11 make a mo t on to d smiss the nd ctment If t is not susta ned t probably will take the defense at least three weeks to pre sent ts s de of the case The government s parting hot at Robb ns was del vered through test mony reluctantly g en by Samuel C Morehouse a New Ha en attorney who took the bookb and assets of the B llari company to Canada Th s s the eon pany wh ch for a per od held for the New Haen the stock of the Boston &. Ma ne ra lroad financed the Metro pol tan steamsh p deal bv wh ch Bob b ns s alleged to ha e had the steam sh ps Harvard and Yale transferred to the Pacific coast and wh ch had numer ous other fin an c al transact ons w th tne New Ha en or Charles Mellen the New Hav en s former pres dent |