New Britain herald., 1915-03-13
new TRIAL IN NATIONAL
CASH REGISTER CASE
U. S. Court Of Appeals Revtrsts
Decision Of Lower Tribunal

Cincinnati, O., March 13.-The
| United States circuit court Of ap-
! peals today reversed the lower court
! in the case Of the government against
John H. Patterson, president, and 26
| other officials or former officials OF the
| National Cash Register company or
! Dayton, Ohio, and remanded 1t back
| to the district court for a new trlal
MIR. Patterson and his associates were
found guilty Of violating the sherman
| antitrust law and sentenced 10 serve
! prison terms and fined.
| The defendants in the National Cash
| Register case who were indicted by a
| federal grand jury at Cincinnati three
years ago numbered thirty men, in
| Guiding the president, John H. Patter-
son, and twenty-nine other officials or
| former officials and departmental
heads of the National Cash Register
| company Of Dayton, O. Twenty-Five
were convicted by jury In the United
! States district court and twenty
seven, including President Patterson,
! were sentenced each to serve APP
! rroximately a years time in Ohio
| jai1s. The verdict was one of the
most sweeping ever given under the
/ criminal section of the Sherman law.
Indicted in 1912.
The indictment was reported to
United States District Judge Howard
HOLSTER, on February %, 1912,
! naming all thirty men as joint de-
PENDANTS in an alleged conspiracy to
crush competition by warfare on
competitors, in violation of the Fed
! cral law. All of the defendants came
! to Cincinnati Immediately and gave
bond for their appearances in court.
| The trial was begun on November 10,
| 1912. 1t continued for almost three
months, the verdict Of guilty being
returned by the jury on February 13.
1913. H.. -.
Sentences were passed by Judge
Hollister on February II.
President Patterson was senten ced
| tc pay $4,000 fine and serve one year
in the Miami Jail.
Other Men Sentenced.
The following were sentenced to
| costs and one year imprisonment at
Miami, Montgomery OF Warren county
| jails:
Edward A. Deeds, William F. Bip-
pus, William H. Muzzy, William
l L
| Watson, Joseph E. Rogers, Alexan-
| der c. Harmed, Frederick S. High,
| Hliny Elves, A. A. Wentz, George E
Morgan, Mont L. Lasley, Earl B. Will
| son, Alex NJ. Sinclair, John J. Range,
| M. G. Keith, J. G. Laird, w. w.
! Howe, Z. H. Epperson, Charles T.
! Walmsley, Charles A. Snyder, Myer n.
Jacobs and Walter Cool; while j. D.
| Hayward and, A. A. Thomas received
! sentences Of nine months.
| Parks Case Dismissed.
| The case of one Of the men indicted
| Edgar Park of New York, was dis
| missed, while the sentence of another,
! George c. Edgeter was suspended. Tho
sentence of the third William c. Cum
| mings, was deferred as he was serious
! ly i'll at the time Judge HOLSTER pro-
| nounced judgment.
| Notice of appeal to the United
! States circuit court Of appeals was i'm
| mediately given by the attorneys for
| convicted men. The court fixed
! President Patterson's bond at $4,000
| and the remaining defendants bonds
| at $4,000 each. AS soon as possible
| thereafter, the record of the case, the
| most voluminous ever filed in the To-
cal courts, was placed in the hands OF
| the upper courts.
| Arguments Submitted.
| Arguments were submitted on Oc-
| tober 7, and 8, 1914, to Justice Will
! liam Day, of the United States SUI
| preme court, and District Judges San
! ford, of Tennessee and Cochran OF
| Kentucky.
The estimated cost of the case is
conservatively fixed at 100000 OF
which 100000 was borne by the gov
eminent and 100000 by the National
| Cash Register company. Some of the
best known legal talent in the coun-
try was engaged to defend the indicted
| officials. The list of counsel included
| Lawrence B. Maxwell, of Cincinnati
John S. Miller, Of Chicago; John f
! Wilson Of Colum bus; John A. McMa-
| hon of Dayton, Ohio, and others who
never appeared in the courtroom but
| were at work for months in every
state in the union.
Maintenance Of Defendants
Another big item was the mainten-
ance of the defendants during their
stay in Cincinnati for the trial A
whole floor was engaged at a leading
hotel during the three months of the
trial and for five days each week the
| business Of the National Cash Regis
ter company was conducted in these
| quarters. Clerks, stenographers and
other help were kept here Special
trains bore the defendants back and
forth between Cincinnati and DAYTON
ION Friday nights and Monday morn
ings.
| The governments case was handled
by District Attorney Sherman T. Nc