GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
Originater oi the Townsend
(Eeceived 26, 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, Feb.25. Dr. Townsend, originator of the Townsend plan, was convicted of contempt of the House by a Federal jury in connection with the inquiry into the Townsend plan in May last, when he left after being sueninoned to give evidence. Senteuce was deferred. The statute imposes a maximum penalty of a 30,000-dollar fine and a year's imprisonment.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 36, 26 February 1937, Page 5
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