Show PIN PINGREE TRIAl T TANGLED AN lO IN INt t A ARGUMENT State to Try to Show I IValue Value of Assets of Bank After Arter arguing an nn hour and a 1 half hate lolla today on tho the admissibility of ot I Kc- Kc c- c I Lynchs Lynch's opinion of or tho the Mh solvency nc or insolvency of the Merchants bank hank when he took possession lon of or the Institution Institution on July J 9 1918 1915 I attorneys g for fOI forthe tho the state withdrew the question In Inthe inthe the trial of or John r form former fOr president of the defunct hank bank on trial before Judge Jud-e John F. F Tobin and ancI a Jury They went aroun around the ob obstacle an and attacked the problem from a n. new ne' angle In order to get before the Jury jur the tho th fact that the tho bank was Insolvent ent when n a deposit was made mad by hy Dr I David lri Andrew on July 8 S 8 and fiat Pingree accepted It knowing kno that the till bank was Insolvent Here again the they met with ith obstruction obstruction obstruction tion when they theO attempted by h a specific specific specific question tion to get jet nt t the real T value of or a It certain piece of or property listed hy by the tho bank as an ns asset eL Attorneys S for the defense e objected that Lynch was wa merel merely giving his opinion of oC its real value lue and that was not the host best evidence c Besides s. and furthermore It was attempted to be bl fixed at I a arial date dAtA later than Jul July S 8 which is 18 the hl vital dat date In question This Indicates the tho almost Interminable interminable Inter inter- nature of or the lie inquiry upon which the court and Jury jur are art now flow embarked If the contention of or the defense l I correct the exact value of or fr e every piece of property or note not or mining f stock or other collateral held b by the tho bank hank on Jul July S 8 S. S 1919 will have to be shown by competent testimony testimony mon mony ns as of or that date datt before the hank bank c can UI be declared to have hn been Ingol- Ingol Insolvent ven vent vont t. t The books ag as th they stand and as they stood at the time the bank closed would acquit the defendant said paid Judge Henderson of or counsel for tor Pingree ee in his address to the court You must prove pro what the tho assets wt were re on July 8 S. S S The court did lId not express fin nn opinIon opinion opinion ion In that matter because tho the cause of ot all tho argument was withdrawn Coun Counsel el for fOI the state Indicated by bythe bythe bythe the manner of or questions after receiver er Lynch was recalled to the stand that the they would attempt to show b by his testimony Just what the property properly was worth Counsel Coun el for tor the defense dern e contended that his testimony was Wag incompetent |