ON TRIAL
BY-PLAY IN CHECAGO COURT CHICAGO, September 18. Gangsters eongra tula ter a jury for ,Returning a verdict of not guilty respecting a charge of vagrancy against the liquor baron and colourful underworld leader, Spike O’Donnell, who has been prominent since Caiione was interned. The proceedings were like comic opera. One gangster, in the character of a witness, when asked his address, said he changed it frequently, and did not know his present address until he ( looked up his book. O'Donnell, whon giving evidence, kept the Court amused with witty sallies, at the expense of the prosecutor, when asked the involved question whether his reputation on the date of the warrant was that of a gun carrier, be responded, “ Come again. Shove that thing around a little plainer Mr Prosecutor.” A retired policewoman said that she had known O’Donnell since his birth and lie tore an unblemished reputation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1933, Page 6
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149ON TRIAL Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1933, Page 6
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