The San Francisco call., 1908-11-06
LAND FRAUD CASES
HEARD ON APPEAL
DIR. E. B. Perrin and John A.
Benson, MiIIionaires, Sit
Through Long Argument
Indicted Associates Face Each
Other, but Show No Sign
OF Recognition

DIR. E. B. Perrin, the millionaire, sat
in silence through a long session of
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals yesterday while his attorneys
struggled to break through the legal
web of Indictment and conviction that
had been woven about him. With DR..
Perrin sat the members of his family.
On the other side of the room sat John
A Benson, formerly associated with
DR.. Perrin in land transactions. but, as
during the trial. the two exchanged no
glance of recognition. Perrin and Ben
son were convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the United States government
following their acquisition of $4,000
acres of land in Tehama county. They
appeared in court with their attorneys
yesterday to quash the earlier proceed
ings
Attorneys Peter f. Dunno and Bar
clay Henley represented Dr. Perrin,
while Attorney ]. c. Campbell spoke
for Benson. Dunno opened, Campbell
followed. and then United States Attor-
ney Robert T. Devlin argued for the
government. The hearing will be con-
cluded this morning
The land in question had been OBJ
tanned by Benson and Perrin from the
state of California under the school
land laws. and then exchanged for
other land under the federal regula-
tions. From this Dunno argued that If
there had been any fraud it had been
against the state of California and not
against the government. He stated
that after the title had been gained in
the California land Office the only au-
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