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Show I BUILDING TRADES CHIEF CONVICTED OF EXTORTION NEW v IRK, V b 4 Rob 1 r P. Brlndell, president of the Building BVadeS Council. Thursd.i was found guilty of the charge of extortion from Ittnlders hy a Jury In Justice McAvoy's onrt here. $ ' Shortly after the verdict was an-I,' an-I,' hbuneed Brlndell was Temanded to the Tombs prison, where h will n -nj.'iln until Tuesday when sentence Ml be passed. The maximum penally is fifteen years' Imprisonment. The Jury deliberated an hour and twenlj minutes. I Tn his Instructions the court told the Jtfrymcn they must confine their i - libn-atlons to but one transaction al-4ged al-4ged to have passed between Brlh-ilell Brlh-ilell and Max Arsenson. a manufacture!, manufac-ture!, and must disregard evidence U IfKinp the defendant had extorted Payments froin others. IrBrlndeJI, wip Is 41, was jndlcted li. eember 7 and placed on trial January Janu-ary II. ; V OO |