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Show RETALIATES BV PERJURYCHAR6E SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6. With Judge Bean, of the Oregon district, presiding and United States Attorney Plait, of the Nevada district, conduct-1 ing the prosecution, the trial of C P. Suell, charged with perjury, was be- , gun today in the I'nited States dis- j trict court for northern California. . Snell was indicted by the federal ! grand jury on three counts, charging him with perjury In connection with i his testimony in the trial of Dr. E B Perrin and John A. Benson, who wero convicted In the district court here of conspiracy to obtain governinout lauds by fraud. Following the granting of new trial to Perrin, the Indictments against him were ordered dismissed by the attorney attor-ney general. He then sought the indictment in-dictment of Snell. who had been the government's chief witness, on a charge of perjury, but Robert T. Dev- . line, general attorney for this district, I rrrused to bring in information against Snell The' case was then 1 placed In the bands of Piatt and the Indictment under which Snell Is being I tried was drawn, I |