Show SUGAR COMP Pt AR ARGUE U AGAINST LINCOLN Ne Neb b. b May 11 AP AP AP- I Citing the statute of limitations ns as their defense e against charges of conspiracy to restrain trade trade attorneys attorneys ne s 's for the Gre Great t Western Vestern Sugar I company of ot Denver were granted two hours by Fed Federal ral Judge Munger granted here today u to present oral behalf behal u behalf behal ments menus in of a a. demurrer to quash the governments government's charges In this connection Caldwell Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin and nd C. C C Cr Dorney of Denver at attorneys at- at declared that the Information information tion filed February 6 did not cite alleged overt acts on the part of Ot the company within three years ears prior to launching the charge x They also contended that the Information in information information In- In formation failed tailed to specify definitely any instance of conspiracy as contained contained contained con con- in the charge based upon alleged restraint exerted by the corporation in the construction and nd operation of Independent sugar beet factories in the western Nebraska and Colorado fields If It an alleged conspiracy ended either by success failure allure or aban- aban more than three years prior priorI I to the Institution of ot charges the statute of ot limitations would prove effective th they y argued Specific cases cited by the government government government govern govern- ment at MInatare 1 Neb and at Torrington Tor- Tor rington Wyo the attorneys de declared declared de- de were Instances occurring In 1925 and 1925 more than three years prior to the Charge The sugar company lawyers also attacked the Jurisdiction of the court contending that any conspiracies con- con spiracles as alleged In the charge occurred out of the Lincoln Lincon distrIct dis dis- They also described the charge as ambiguous pointing to the rule rull in which a corporation cannot conspire with its own officers Department of Justice Agents II It B B. B Teegarden and W. W B. B Watson Snyder of Washington ton presented the governments government's case this afternoon |