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Show SMALL-CUHIIS TRIAL DATE'S. Illinois Banker and Former Governor Facing Money Charges Iiitcniatii.il ii Sews Sei I t j WAl KKllAN. Ills.. Jan. 14. Gov-LernoT Gov-LernoT n Small and Banker Vernon Curtis Will be arraigned next Satur-; dav at 10 a. rii. in circa:! court hero1 I before Judge Claire C Edwards on an fhdlctment charging them with conspiracy con-spiracy to use state funds for their ; ow n personal gain This announcement by Judge Ed-' Ed-' w ards came as the climax of a long day of dry legal arguments over the bill of prospects submitted by the state, many points of which wen: strenuously objected to today by lb" defense which characterised the bill as "scandalous." Attorney C. C. Lcl'orgee for the de- j fense announced that when the gov- . ernor is arraigned he will move for i u separate, trial. Date of arraignment was .set by the Judge after h- bad overruled motions of counsel for Small and Curtis. Lankier Lank-ier of Grant Park, for more details in the bill of prospects The bill purported pur-ported to recite the facts upon which J the stale's charges of conspiracy ! against he defendants are based. SI ri. t aim. i phi i i) TOio defense sought to have the court strike out the section of the bill referring to the charge!' that the defendants de-fendants Invested $G3."nn of gti te funds for their own profit. Tin ,. -fense also objected to sections charging charg-ing that the defendants loaned $L".'.- OOii 000 to Chicago packers and retained re-tained some of the interest Th' alleged al-leged conspiracy occurred, it is nhnrged, when Small was state treasurer treas-urer "I do not believe it neceasaj-y for the bill of prospects to contain the en- i tire evidence," the Judge said. , "The setting forth of the ultimate I think . |