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Show oo MUST FACE FRAUD CHARGEJ COURT NEW YORK, Jan. 12. T Frank Wells. Wllberforco SMlly, Rufus J-Ireland J-Ireland and Georgo W Daly, must stand trial in Wyoming on indictments indict-ments charging them with conspiracy Juno 1, 1906, to defraud the government govern-ment by obtaining 1,760 acres of coal land belonging to the United States. Tho federal .circuit court of appeals so ruled today, thereby reversing tho order of the circuit "court sustaining sustain-ing a writ of habeas corpus sworn out In their Interest. The indictments charge that the land was obtained by the defendants for a corporation to bo formed later and to bo known as the Owl Creek Coal company and to bo turned over to the coal company, making tho acreage In excess which could havo been acquired by a corporation by direct entry. Tho contention of the defendants that the Indictment charges no offense of-fense because there Is nothing to pro-vent pro-vent Individuals from making entires with the Intention to dlcpoBO of tho land to a corporation or to anyono else. Is disposed of by the court thus "This is quite true of persons making mak-ing Independent entries, but the whole action would bo nullified If Individuals Individ-uals or corporations could acquire more land than they could enter directly di-rectly by omploylng dummies to make entries for their benefit. The charge in the indictments Is ost clear that tho entrymen were not acting for their own use and benefit " oo |