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Show : WHITE SLAVE FILMS TOO APPALLING New York, N. Y,, March C- The jury which last night witnessed white slavery motion picture films, In the court of General Sessions tonight convicted con-victed Samuel H. London, who wrote, the story depicted by the film and Harry C. Bonn, manager of a theatre where It had been produced, of showing show-ing pictures of Immoral character. The jury deliberated less than an hour. Extreme clemency was recommended rec-ommended and the defendants were paroled for sentence next Thursday. "If you had rendered a verdict of acquittal," Judge Svann told the jr-ry, jr-ry, "these films would have been shown broadcast over the country. The counsel for the defense has admitted ad-mitted that the reels show actual but appalling conditions, but that Is no justification for their being shown to thc'public, |