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Show oo HADLEY MOVES TO QUASH INDICTMENTS Kan-as City, Mo., Dec. 31. A motion mo-tion to quash indictments returned re cently by the federal grand jury char ging several officials and agents ot the Florida Fruit Iands company with misuse ot the malls was filed In the federal district court here this after-uoon after-uoon by Herbert S. Hadley, former governor ot' Missouri, representing some of the persons Indicted. Charges were made that five of the grand Jurors were not sworn and that Sylvester R Rush special assistant assist-ant to the attorney general partlci pated illegally in the investigation of the grand Jurv. It was further charged charg-ed that representatives of the govern ment refused to call certain witness SB Bighl officers and agents of the Florida Land company were Indli led by the federal grand Jury la?t November No-vember charged with using the malls to defraud In the sale of tracts in the ESvergladea district of Flor'da. |