Show US J WILL NOT PAY BIC FINE ruling of judge anderson cuts the penalty down to maximum of court does not accept brew that each car lot of oil on an which rebate war accepted constituted a separate offense Offe nac chicago from brorn judge landis fine of to a possible po isible maximum maxi muni fine of Is admitted to be tile this meaning ot of it a ruling made mada on oil thursday by judge anderson andersen in the retrial of tho the standard oil company ot of indiana for alleged rebating the ruling was waa informal but it almost certainly will stand the court of appeals appeal in ruling out judge landis great fine eliminated the view that each car lot ot of oil on which a rebate was accepted consal buted a separate offense there were wera 1462 ol of these car lots the freight charges for which were wera I rad iad ad in thirty six different settlements settle menta judge anderson interpreted the do cealon which he bo said served as hla his guide to imply that the alleged rebates accepted after each of the thirty six settlements constitute the uelia of offense judge andersons Ander zons ruling was a severe blow to district attorney sims lie he and hla bis assistant james 11 II wilkerson lc erson had argued that each of tho the shipments making possible a maximum fine of 0 constituted an offense this view judge anderson declared he could not understand ile he saw no reason why tl if a trainload or a car lot were ware regarded as a separate offense the matter might not bo be further divided malting making a hundredweight the unit or a gallon greatly increasing the number ot of offenses lensea of alid magnifying the punishment |