Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-18 | Page 11 | Judge Turns down Issue of Defense

JUDGE TURNS DOWN ISSUE OF DEFENSE By Aeeectated Praaa. NEW YORK, Oct. H Aa attempt hy counsel for five men and women charged with distributing alleged seditious literature litera-ture to make authenticity of the committee commit-tee aa public Information's Blsson pa per a, an issue In their defense, came to naught through a ruling hy Judge Clayton la the federal court. In refusing ta permit questioning of Raymond Robins, head of the American Red Cross en lesion la Russia, aa to his knowledge of the Ml aeon pers. the court held thai all Suva quest ions were Immaterial. Imma-terial. "I hava enough to do ts try theea de-fendanta de-fendanta without trying lenlne and Trotsky, too," Judge ilaMoa remarked, adding that the JuatU-e or Injuallce Of the Mshevik cauee had nothing to do with tha alleged offense of the semtst on trial In elurrirg tha sree4ent and crit 1 clalng the govmnent la connection wta Aimrlttn actlvltiea is uaa. x SUV A BONO