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Show COTTON MEN SENTENCED Bogus Bills of Lading Were Used by a Firm Aberdeen, Miss., April 13 Judge H C. Nlles, In the federal district court here today, sentenced" J. H Miller, who was found guilty of fraudulently using the malls; to seven years In prison and to pav a fine of ?11,000. L. C. Steele and G. H. G. Llnde. also convicted on the same charge, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment impris-onment and a fine of $10,000 each. The men were members of the cotton cot-ton firm of Steele, Miller & Co. of Corinth, Miss., which failed several months ago. It was charged at the time of the failure that bogus bills of lading, amounting to millions of dollars, had been Issued by the firm. Indictments were found against Mil- ler, Steele and Llnde. charging that fraudulent bills of lading wero sont through the United States mall. oo |