The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
'CH|SOLM HELD ON
SIX INDICTMENTS
D0bose Indictment Covers 313
typewriter Pages
SMITH AND SIMS INDICTED
Charged With Violating Sections 5000
and $40 United States Revised
statutes-chisoIn' Trial
On November 9.

The federal grand jury made its report
yesterday afternoon. 1t reported thirty
five true bills and Ave no bills Some
of the indictments are very long, espe-
cially the Indictment Of Gordon Dubose,
which contains Sis typewritten pages.
Six indictments were returned, in each
of which Former Teller Alex r. Chisom,
charged wlttls approprating funds of the
First National bank, Is Included. In two
indictments he Is coupled with w. l..
Sims. panager OF. "a stock exchange and
brokers frm In three indictments he is
coupled With p. @ Smith, stock broker,
and in one Indictment he appears alone.
The indictments allege violations of United
States revised Statutes No 500 and $40,
which are, respectively:
The Law.
Section 500. Every president, director,
cashier, teller or agent of any association
who embezzles, abstracts or willfully mis-
applies any of the money, funds or cred
its of the association, or who, without
authority from the directors, issues or
puts in circulation any of the notes of the
association, or who, without such author
ity, issues or puts forth any certificate
of deposit, draws any order or bill Of ex-
change makes any acceptance. signs any
note. bond, draft. bill of exchange, mort
gage, Judgment or decree, or who makes
any false entry in any book, report or
statement of the association with intent,
in either case, to injure or defraud the
association or any other company, body
polite or corporate or any individual per-
son, or to deceive any officer of the as
ISOLATION, or any agent appointed to eX-
anime the affairs of any such institution
and every person who with like intent
aids or abets any officer, clerk or agent
in any violation of this section shall be
guilty of a nisdemeanor and shall be
imprisoned not less than five years nor
more than ten.
Section $40. If two or more persons
eonspire either to commit any offense
against the United States or to defraud
the United States in any manner or for
any purpose, and one or more of such
parties do any act to effect the object
of the conspiracy, all the parties to such
conspiracy SHdll ne ldDle 10 d penalty Oh
not more than $4,000 or to Imprisonment
for not more than two years, or to both
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the court
Gordon Dubose, former president of the
First National Banlr of Ensley, is in
dicted for violation of 'ection 5209
offlcia Rep ort.
The following is the official report oil
the federal grand jury handed to Judge
Thomas C. Jones.
The United States OF America, Circuit
Court of the United States. September
term. 1906.
To the Hon. Thomas G. Jones, judge,
presiding:
We, the grand jurors elected, EN-
paneled and sworn and charged to in
aure for the body of the Southern di-
vision of the Northern district of Ala
bama, respectfully beg leave to report
that we have diligently inquired into all
violations of the laws of the United States
brought to our knowledge under the
charge of the court and by the United
States attorney and we herewith return
into open court the indictments presented
by us as the result of our investigation
and finding. The character of some of the
cases investigated by us has been such as
require greater occupation of time than
usual for the consideration of a number
of bills returned.
And now having completed the work
assigned to us we respectfully ask to be
discharged b. II. COOPER,
Foreman OF the Grand Jury.
Judge Jones complmented the grand
jury ON their labors which he said were
extremely difficult. The members were
discharged with the thanks OF the court
The trial of Alex Chsolm will. be set
for November g.