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Show TRUST HAS Sugar Company is Not in Contempt of Court Washington. April 4. United States Judge- La Combo today refused to punish tho American Sugar Refining company, for contempt of court. The government had asked that tho corporation bo declared In contempt for refusing to produce Its books before be-fore the grand jury investigating tho Bugnr underweighlng frauds. In re sponsc to a subpoena directed to the company served upon Its secretary, Charles R Helkt?. Heiko refused to produce tho books unless sworn beforo tho grand Jury. Tho government,'-'believing that ground for a claim of immunity might havo lo be established, declined to put him under oath, and tho grand Jury consequently did not obtain possession pos-session of iho books. Judge Lacombe 6ald ho regarded the subpoena as far too sweeping to b reasonable. |