Show FORMER HEAD OF FA FIRM I FOUND GUlL TV William F. F McShane Convicted Convicted Con Con- of Forging Bills i of Lading to Cover Bank Loans to Himself LOS ANGELES March Wil 30 Wil William liam F F. McShane formerly president president dent of the Sutherland Fruit company company company com com- pany was convicted b by a Jury in Jn inthe inthe the United States district court here late last nl night ht on six of or the thirty thirty- six counts In Jn a federal grand jury indictment charging him with pledging and uttering fraudulent bills of or lading In connection with shipments of oranges to the East Judge Benjamin F F. Bledsoe announced an announced announced an- an that sentence would be bo Imposed imposed imposed Im im- im- im posed Mond Monday y The penalty Is a fine tine of or or five years' years Imprisonment or both on each count McShane has been at liberty un under under under un- un der bonds BILLS FORGED The conviction Involved Involved the forgery of ot two bills of or ladi lading In connection with the shipment nt of or oranges from San Diego Cal Cat where the Sutherland Fruit company m maintained branch offices to Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas sas City and from Fullerton from Fullerton Cal to Belen N N. M M. ip iii 1919 when the railroads s were u government control It was alleged that the fruit was not shipped and that the bills of or lading were forged to cover loans ma made e to McShane as president of the concern Federal officers declared McShane's McShane's McShane's Mc- Mc Shane's alleged acts caused losses of ot about to a Riverside Cal Cat bank which was said to have been saved from only through reorganization ion by capitalists capitalists capital capital- of that city BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY ASKED The Sutherland Fruit company filed a petition in bankruptcy In Inthe inthe inthe the federal court here her June 2 1920 giving its assets as and its liabilities as 26 of which 26 was uns unsecured cured The records records records rec rec- show that the company has no nob yet been discharged from bankI bank bank- ru This was McShane's second trial The jury at the first trial dis disagreed reed |