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Show COURT CONSIDERS "IMMUNITY BATH" Washington, lan. f. The extent of the 'immunity bath" was brought today to-day before the supreme court for determination de-termination with arguments as to whether Charles P. Heike. former I secretary of the American Sugar Re-lining Re-lining company, was entitled to im- I munitv from the prosecution for conspiracy con-spiracy to perpetuate sugar weighing .frauds against the customs Heike was convicted on this charge and sentenced to Imprisonment Ii was shown that Heike testitled j abou the affairs of the companj at n ! grand jury Investigation as to whether wheth-er his company was violating the Sherman law. Government lawyers replied ihat this immunity extended only to prosecutions for violating the interstate commerce acts and not to a prosecution for a conspiracy to defraud de-fraud the government out of customs |