The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
SUGAR TRUST CONTEMPT CASE
HEgkE DR. N4NDED 70 M sworn
BEFORE Predicting PAPERS.

sour,-A sheru.an Law PrOeeesilas.
A prepentneat for contempt Of court
aeainss TIE American Sugar Refining
Company Egned by Evs-t 5. Fink. fore
mar ~ the Federal Grand Jury. vas
handed ~ Judge Hand IN the United
States Clrc-i, Court Yesterday afternoon
Thm ac,io, n based IN the alleged failure
90 he COMPANY 20 produce docnmsnta
- response 20 q ElbpRna duces tecum
se-vec N the latter part % February in
an iavssr gaticn under the Sherman Law
which kas nothing 20 40 With the under-
weighing frauds
Charles r Heike. secretary 81 the Sugar
company accepted ee-viee o! the sub
P1.a ard undertook % produce the papers
required When he appeared before the
Grand jury OF February e however
he IcSisted on being put under oath
This District Attorney Wise declined 20
allow because ~ the possible Immunity
/, -.ight confer n Mr. Heike ard slso
because The suhpoena vas rot directed
20 uesks personally In o'he. words
the suhp1na did not require Mr. Heike
% produce anything u required the
company 20 produce The Government
contention - that . messenger hoya
could have delivered the papers
The Sugar secretary refused unless
sworn. ~ produce the papers. and An
order TO show cause Why the company
should not he adJuiR ed n contempt
Of court viii be ISSUED next week No
date FOR argument has been fxed
lanes VI Beck counsel fcr the sugar
oonrany. sAia YESTERDAY
Nv ohert has 70 intention 20 ohetr,ic,
the inquiry nov hefNr~ the Grand jury
TIE snly difference between the United
States Attorney ard myself ~ as to the
form ~ The schrrra The Cr,ted StAtea
Attorney caused q subprnA addressed
% Tire American Sugar Refining Company
% be served upon the secretary NJ the
company 20 produce certain books and
documents IN obedience TO the subpena
the secretary appeared before the Grand
jury with ne letters and documents in
question bar the United States Attorney.
N purss. ancs II what he undoubtedly
thinks ~ his legal right ard which NAV
possibly be. refused 60 have the secretary
sworn a. q witness and insisted upon the
surrender by him ~ the books and docu-
menis ~ which he ~ the custodian. with
out hIs being sworn The Legality ~ this
method ~ the only difference between
Mr. Wise and myself and a. the question
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I.s,,.,ar - 49, =. 49,. ,.,H'. - 80
presenIment to-day
Folloving IL a partial list 81 the docu-
Uents which the s'ibp1na called FOR:
Mortgage ~ Ianuar, ~. lSai. made ~
The ,entral Trust Company - s-,une non1s
Of 40 N0o on
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