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Show STANDARDOIL WINS GOVERNMENT FAILS IN ITS AT. TEMPT TO COLLECT THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS. Four Years Work by Government Attorneys At-torneys Falls to Convict Oil Trust and Judge Orders Verdict of Not Guilty to be Returned. Jackson, Tenn. In n ruling wntch required twenty minutes to read, .ludgo John K. McCnll, In tho United States circuit court on Thursday afternoon, af-ternoon, ended tho efforts of the government gov-ernment to have assessed against the Standard Oil company of Indiana penalties aggregating more than $30,-000 $30,-000 000. The ruling, Instructing that a verdict ver-dict of not guilty bo returned, camo with tho conclusion of the case In chief of the prosecution, and In substance sub-stance holds with tho contentions of the dofenso that after four years tho United States had failed to build Its structure of evidence other than on sand. The Elklns anti-rebate law was violated, it was alleged, through "schemo nnd device." |