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Show i New Angle Brought Out in Sugar Case SAJJT LAKE, Nov. 13 A new uiigle was brought to light at the he.n ing of the fecicrul trades commission against tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company com-pany and others- Eienrj Ward Beer, counsel for me government. over the objection of Judge 1 N Strnup. counsel for tho sugar company, Introduced copies of two Indictments which have been returned re-turned 'lgalnst George E Sanders by a grand Jury of Josephine rounty, Oregon Mr. Sanders was on the witness wit-ness stand under direct examination for tho seventh day. Papers, letters and Canceled rhr cks. , tending to ihow, according to .Mr Beer, that the Indictments were for, the purpose of putting Mi. Sanders out of buaineM, also were introdu' sd. Both Indictments were for alleged lar-cenj lar-cenj by the embezzlement of $2JS1 on August 6, 1'JlB. from the Rogue Kiver, Public Service corporation. George Sorenson, who had been connected With tho company under Mr Sanders., v.. is named as witness for the state. The first Indictment, which was re-; turned January 6. 1916. was dropped, according to the testimony, and the second, which "'a returned September Septem-ber 3, 1918. was token to a trlul and Mr Sandera wns acquitted Richard W. Young, counsel for tho sugar company, said that the bringing bring-ing l i of these old lndlstinents might mean another extension of the near Ing. Witnesses, he said, may have to be brought from Oregon to testify regarding the Indictments There was but one session of the I hearing yesterday, In tbe afternoon, but It ran from shortly aftci 2 o'clock until after 6 o'clock. Near tho usuul closing timc Mr. Beer offered In l-dence l-dence some financial statement regarding re-garding tho Rogue Rher Public Si n -ice corporation Judge Straup devoted devot-ed nearly an hour to his objections to these and then Mr Heer objected to the length of his objections. oo |