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Ogden Daily Standard | 1907-08-16 | Page 1 | Judge Landis in His Address to Grand Jury

Type issue
Date 1907-08-16
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
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Article Title Judge Landis in His Address to Grand Jury
Type article
Date 1907-08-16
Paper Ogden Daily Standard
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 1
OCR Text EXPLAINS HOW THE ALTON MAY ESCAPE prosecution attorney general Is to ba provided with a transcript of standard oil case chicago illg aug 15 indis address to the grand jury judge lan dla said 1 I have a communication from the attorney general of the united states the substance of which Is that prior to the indictment of the standard oil company he united states district attorney made an arrangement with the officials of the chicago alton under which it was not to ba prosecuted against provided it would assist in the prosecution in good faith with evidence and witnesses in the matter pending in view of this it is the conviction of the attorney general that good faith requires the department 0 justice to do aliat it can to make good the district attorneys assurance and presents a very grava question because it Is of the utmost importance that no offender should escape punishment for crime on any such plea as well that even the calm inal must not truthfully charge the government of the united states with bad faith what this arrangement was the court does not know but assumes it possibly may have that the chicago alton company should emancipate those who act and sneah for it from all obligations to deceive or mislead the jury on the trial lately closed it this be true whatever officer of the department of justice is charged with the task of determining ter what shall be that departments attitude must carefully consider the transcript of the testimony of these railway agents in order that he may intelligently decide whether the chicago alton road la entitled to immunity whether the grand jury acts in the matter will depend entirely upon the conclusion this official may the jury Is therefore at liberty to take recess until september ard 3rd of the record in the standard oil case will toe given to the attorney general for examination and if he concludes the railroad fulfilled Ita promise in the standard oil case the grand jury will investigate no further
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