Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-20 | Page 2 | Dewey Granted Trail Transfer

DEWEY GRANTED TRIAL TRANSFER NEW YORK Sept 20 UP Su R-Su- Su Supreme preme promo Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora Pecora Pe Pe- cora today granted District Attorney Attorney Attorney i ney Thomas E. E Deweys Dewey's request for transfer of the second trial of James J. J Hines Tammany district leader to the court of general sessions Justice Pecora declared a mistrial mistrial mistrial mis mis- trial In the case September case September 12 af after fter f- f ter four weeks of testimony on the states state's charge that Hines acted as political front for the policy racket headed by the late Arthur Dutch Schultz The mistrial was ordered after Prosecutor Dewey made a reference to o testimony before a grand jury in another case The defense contended the grand jury testimony was outside outside outside out out- side the scope of the trial Justice Pecora reserved jurisdiction jurisdiction juris juris- di diction tion over the sentencing of Deweys Dewey's three major informer- informer witnesses J. J Richard Dixie Bavis Davis Davis Da Da- vis Harry The Horse haus and George Weinberg Hines' Hines codefendants who pleaded guilty and turned states state's evidence It was indicated Justice Pecora would defer sentencing the trio however until after the retrial of Hines to avoid prejudicing their testimony in the forthcoming second second sec see ond chapter of Deweys Dewey's attempt to put the year old Tammany boss bossin bossin in prison on charges of conspiracy and contriving a lottery