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Show State Completes Townley Testimony In Conspiracy Case JACKSON. Minn , July 3 The state completed Its direct testimony today at the trial of A. C. Townley and Joseph Jo-seph Gilbert, leaders of the National Non-Partisan league who are charged with having conspired to teach disloyalty disloy-alty while the United States was en-' en-' gaged In war with Germany. Ferdinand A. Teigan, a former organizer or-ganizer for the league, was the last witness called by the state. His testimony testi-mony was cut short this morning when Judge E. C. Dean refused to permit the defense to question Teigan regarding the source of his income since ho left the employ of the Non-Partisan league. ,Seeral clashes between attorneys for the defense and the state took place before the Mate rested Itfl case. Attorney George Hoke for the defense, de-fense, immediately moved for a dls-ini dls-ini .il of the rase of the princip.il 00 the ground that the offense charged in the Indictment was not sustained by the testimony introduced hv ihe state and that the slate had failed to prove any criminal intent upon part of the defendants. |