The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-22
COURT ROOM JAMMED TO THE
DOORS AND CROWD SEEMED IN
TENsELY INTERESTED IN ORA
MATic READING OF DECISION.
"a NEW TRIAL WAS ORDERED
Governments Attorneys Decide TO
Take Immediate Steps Toward Re-
hearing During Late Months of
This Year.

Chicago, Ill.,, July 22.-The United
States circuit court of appeals reverse
ed the decision of Judge Lands in
which he fined the Standard Oil COM
pany more than S29O00,0OO. The case
was remanded to the lower court for a
new trial.
In the decision of the court, which is
composed of Judges Grosscup, Baker
and Seaman, there was a scathing ar
raignment of Judge Lands, asking If
the court believed himself above the
law in imposing the fine on an Indt-
ana corporation so big that the bur-
sey corporation of the Standard Oil
company.
The decision was written by Gross
cup and read by him in open court be-
fore throng of people. The decision
says that the Standard Oil company of
Indiana alone could be held RESPONSE
BILE for whatever violations of the law
that took place. The court immediate
'ly adjourned, and the new trial will be
rushed.
Not Friendly to Lands.
1t seemed the irony of fate that
Grosscup should have written the de-
cision of the upper court. He not only
wrote it but read the decision to the
waiting throng in the court room.
Groscup and Lands have not been the
best of friends for some time as the
result of certain statements made
months ago by Landis concerning the
federal judges who talk publicly on
matters which might come under their
judicial attention.
When the judges took their seats on
the bench In the court room wass
to the doors. John S. Miller, Rookie
feller's famous $4,000 lawyer was
present to represent the Oil trust. He
was accompanied by Attorney Moritz
Rosenthal and several other standard
oil lawyers. District Attorney Edwin
w. Sims appeared for the govern
ment.
Last Paragraph Interesting.
The principal interest in the hearing
was taken in the reading of the last
paragraph which is as follows:
"The judgement of the district court
Is reversed and remained with in
structions to grant new trial and
proceed therein, in accordance with
this decision
The adjournment followed at once
and Immediately District Attorney
Simms held a conference with Assist
ant Attorney James wilkins and de
cided to rush the case to new tria1
to be held in the fall
Not only did the upper court find
fault with Judge Landis' method oi
lining the trust. but it criticised him
for his manner of deciding the mum
Der of counts left in the indictmen,
upon which the trial could be had
The government contended that each
count was an offense. The upper court
held differently on that.
Landis Arraigned.
The arraignment of Lands begins
with the taking up of that matter
Here is what the court said: The
number of offenses of the present
case should have been ascertained In
accordance with these principles, fthe
transaction of granting rebate as 8
transaction must be entirely consu
mated before 1t Is an offense) the
measure adopted by the district cour
was wholly arbitrary and the methoe
OF deciding the number of offenses
seems to have been given no thought
either by the government of the tria
court
The court then goes into the find
ing of the trust by Judge Lands. Ii
this came the words which are taker
as direct criticism of one of the mos
remarkable decisions ever rendered
by district Judge
This brings US. then to the las