Show BRIBE CHARGES RUlED VAliD Lower Court Reversed in i Indictments A Against g a i ins n s t Fall and D Doh Doheny o h e n y I WASHINGTON Dec ec 7 AP AP- AP I AP-I The Fall-Doheny Fall bribe Indictments I which were were squashed squash d some time I ago in the tha lower courts here were held to be beaUd valid alid today b by the District Dis- Dis of Columbia court o of appeals A plea in in abatement W filed d by form former formet for for- m met mer l' l Secretary Albert B. B r Fall Edvard Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward vard L. L Doheny oil magnate and aud his son Edward L. L Doheny Jr which the lower court granted was overruled b by Chief Justl Justice e George E. E Martin on motion of the governments government's nov gov special oil counsel Atlee Alice Pomerene and Owen J. J Roberts Two indictments were covered by bythe bythe bythe I the courts court's decision one charging Fall Fali with receiving a bribe of at to Influence his official action respecting r f pe pe certain tin oil lease and the other charging the giving giving- th the tha bribe The appellate court held court held that the act of ot congress t taking the prosecution prosecution tion ot of the oil cases out of ot the hands of ot the department of ot Justice meant only to deprive the attorney general general general gen gen- eral of charge and control of ot the litigation and did not interfere with the right of the special counsel to tomaKe tomake tomake make use of of the assistance of district dis I attorneys The defense had argued that the the- presence in the grand Jury room of ot Oliver C. C Pagan Pagan Pa Pa- Ia gan a special assistant to the at attorney attorney at- at torne torney general violated the sanctity sanc sane tit of ot the proceedings and nullified nullified fied tied the Indictments This view was accepted In the lower courts There Is pending also in the tho DistrIct District District Dis Dis- of Columbia supreme court In- In dl returned against Fall E. E L. L Doheny Sr and Harry F. F Sinclair Sin Sin- clair charging conspiracy In connection connection connection con con- with the naval oil oU leases Argument was heard last week on the tite validity of ot these Indictments I which were returned after atter toe fight developed over the Indictments dec dent It with in today's decision Counsel for tor the defendants had hadnot hadnot not decided today on their future course but It was regarded as ascertain ascertain ascertain certain that the case would be carried carried car car- ried tied through the higher courts |