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Show OIL TRUST SCORES ONE POINT IN ITS CONSPIRACY TRIAL CHICAGO, April 10. A victory for the defense was scored today in the trial of the Standard Oil company, when Judge Landis in the United States District eourt announced that the 8tandard Oil company may produce ' ' evidence showine that the company did V not intend to violate the law. The eourt i also decided that the shipper does not need to ro further than a railroad station sta-tion to learn the legal rate. Attorneys for the defense had maintained main-tained that the Standard Oil company did not ."knowingly and wilfully" accept ac-cept unlawful rates from the Chicago Alton. |