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Show MAJOR CARRINGTON APPEALS HIS CASE MANILA, March 15. The Supreme court of the Islands has confirmed the decision of the lower court in the case of J. f. Carrington, formerly a Major of the United States army. Carrington will how appeal to the Supreme court of the United States. Carrington was convicted In February Febru-ary Jast of falsifying vouchers of the civil government when an officer In the army and in charge of a battalion of Filipino scouts, to the amount of $1500 and was sentenced to a total of six years and five days imprisonment. He was subsequently tried by court-martial and dismissed from the army. |