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Show oo JAPANESE SWINDLER GETS PRISON TERM tieorKc Bakaia, alleged Japanese swindler, arrested in igden about two months ago as a fugitive from Justice, and whose case aroused much interest in ogden legal circles when habeas i corput proceedings were instituted i to . f fe. i his liberty, wiu tried In Se-I Se-I at,tle Feb. I -I . He was found guilty nf fraudulently obtaining money through confidence games, according j to a Tetter received by Captain Rob-i Rob-i ert Burk from Chief of Police Searing of Seattle- Sakata was arrested in igdcn after .-, n .i llegecl a ttempl to di fraud a N" a I bank, He was arrested before his scheme was carried through. Sakata was extradited and was sent to Seattle. His sentence was ( i from three to fifteen years In the 1 ; state penitentiary. |