OCR Text |
Show BTIDi OIFCOMPAHY WillS MOTHER n Government's Petition for Rehearing of the Case Involving a Fine of $29,240,000 Denied by Court. Chicago. The government's petition peti-tion for a rehearing of tho case In which tho United Stntoa circuit court of nppcals reversed tho trial court In t'nlng the Standard Oil company or Indiana $29,210,00(1 for allcgc'd rebating, rebat-ing, was denied In tho court of appeals ap-peals nn Tuesday. It Js nuthorltatlve-iy nuthorltatlve-iy stated that tho government will i'ow attempt to bring the whole matter mat-ter licforo tho supremo court oil a writ of certiorari. The government. In Its petition for r rehearing. Intimated that If tho (pinion of tho Judges of the appellate court (Irosncup, Seaman und llaker were allowed to Mand, It would nullify nul-lify nparly every shred of rnto reform fccotnpllshcd by the Itoosovelt ad- ministration. In summing up Its poslton, counsel for tho government said that tho opinion opin-ion of the court of appeals an It stood rrroneously stated material portions it tha record; did Injustice to tbo lria Judgo (Landls); left doubtful, In ft new trial, the rule of law to be applied, ap-plied, both as to knowledge on tho part of a shlppor that ho wns accepting accept-ing an illegally low rate; did not mako It clear what was to constitute rno offense a trnlnloart, n carload or a wholo series of shipments, for which Imt ono settlement of freight charges' had been mado. It was further alleged alleg-ed that tho language pr the nppellato jmdgos oppeared to bo In conflict with the longungo of the supreme court rnd tho languago used by the presld-fng presld-fng Judgo (drosscup) In a previous! tlmllar case. Tho petition closed with) a (tntcment that If tho opinion of tho1 court of appeals woro permitted to' rtnnd unmodified It would "tend to! encourage disobedience to tho law; to Impede tho enforcement of salutary Hatutes and largely to defeat their purpose," |