Show ASKS 14 FOR NEW TRIAL J WASHINGTON w May 1 U P-Colo- P Colo Colonel n nel El Colo-El i. i J Joseph seph I. I McMullen convicted oj of Improperly accepting a private flee fee while on active duty in the war rd department today planned to seek a aw Slew stew w trial I J l A District of Columbia supreme court t jur jury returned the verdict late last night after four hours' hours delibera- delibera tion Justice us ice deferred Sentence a pending the motion for a ia w trial Four Days on Trial McMullen a veteran of ot the Judge advocate generals general's office e had ad been een Jon on trial four tour da days s The jury fury Heard testimony that he accepted 1000 from the Cuban American Mango fang I inese nese corporation for help in m defeat defeat- a propos proposed d tax on manganese Imports in April 1932 Officials of ot the company testified they paid ald the officer additional as a retainer for ifor services during May and June of f the same year ear McMullen denied the charges charge and t testified th that t while he accepted the it was considered a i reIt re- re It iner for future services t Government witnesses testified that McMullen had misled officials of or th the private ate firm in regard to his l F army status McMullen also denied I. I th that t. t Recently The officer was was tried under a section sec- sec tion of the criminal code which forbids forbids for for- bids bids government officers to accept fees f from a private firm In rela relation lon lonto sto Ito to matters matter in which h the United States is interested IE Colonel McMullen recently was convicted convicted by of dishonorable dishonorable dis dis- r honorable conduct in to connection with the charge that he accepted two round trip tickets from WashIngton Wash- Wash Ington to San Francisco from J Jo- Jo 0 Silverman Jr dealer in surplus surplus sur- sur plus army goods The army court sentenced him to be demoted to the bottom of ot the list of colonels for for- felt pay a month for two years ears and land to be reprimanded by Secretary pern Dern |