Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
DEFENSE IS CLOSED
IN TRIAL OF LE|B
Politician Takes Stand and Re-
flutes Most of Testimony Of
tered by Prosecution
ATTEMPT TO PROVE ALIBI

The defense in tbc trioI or William
! s. I,rib. Srhuylkill cnuntv noliticiau
accuscd Of fnrpin, rrrc,nfs fnr stoIc
taxes paid hy the Merchant 4 Evans
/ Co. OF this city. closed his uftcrnoon
The defendant was on Tho stand until
! I2.3O O'Clock. making complctc and
specific denial of ali testimony prc
scented by the prosecution as affecting
/ him personally. lie was on the stand
! from 1920 O'Clock this morning.
Ntn"r ,n' u"lomSr I'TSru lIs case, I inc
Rncburn white as the first rcbntfaI
I witness and rounscl for tho drfcusn oh
jcctcd. Judge Johnson. who IS hearing
the case in Quarter Sessions Court cyT
( cttsrd the iury for the day. to give conn
sci for both sides opportunity tu argue
the noint.
When court opeus tomorrow n de-
to testify will he made by Judge John
son.
Tomorrow Leib's BIRTHDAY
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n'i,, tI,o itI,,o., s.ond .,id Ia
,.os ;n ttn,,i,h,ra Gn fror, Inn,ior, mil
January s. between which dates he wax
alleged to have been in Phiiadr,phi,aa.
he dehled ever having seen th' dupl-
cate taN re'elptS 9lIeged 10 nave peer,
loFgeu nF MN uhtil Ihe! were presenter
as eNlu'h'e ~ MS trlal.
helD was very cool Whlie on the WI
ness stand ana very positive IN ms
answers during cross examination, al
though ms memory was poor when he
was questioned about ms actions before
January " ana after January ).
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AtthSW SlShru on one oi Inc ionr
airseu oosuS re'elp'S, anu usclar'd ne
hnd hot WritV"h IT. ne never saw inc
nhu'e "rtiSh pei"re ms c"lue case uV
hert. nr Nu1T1'
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lrrrIhG III lnIS Guy WIN lhr oiliclGiS y >
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= rou," ue I'u"t Win tne attorney gen
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Admits Receiving Blanks
Toih toId ,f rccaiving blank drnIicote
; roroinis from ITarr;sbSrg rho nroso
rution pndcayorrd to show some of these
blank forms were used in preparing the
atleseu o"SuS luA ,t'elPVs gwen INC
p nTrrian. ,;t oiS h baS o,I.od g.. +ho,, ho
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% Lhois ~, F"S - thn Soh,rIIiiiI no;i,ror e.
oi Enn,,ar nrrutr u i,dmo Inbr y Wbaion so.
nior counsel for the defense. showed
Icib seventeen blank duplicate receipt.
o from the state treasurer'S Office. They
had been torn. Leib identified them at
E ones he found in a torn condition Iast
Sunday in the basement of the Ode
/ Fellows building, Pottsville. where h,
= has his office,
{ He said he had nut them in his desl
d when he received them from Harris
burg and paid no further attention
to them until he heard of the foul
t alleged bogus receipts he was alleged L
% have given the Merchant & Evans Co
@ He looked for the seventeen he haC
a received. he said. and found them il
e waste can, where they had beer
r placed after he had torn them anC
b thrown them away.
- -.
saw LelD recover heceiptS
r James NJ Hunter. of Pottsville, call
ed later by the defense to the witnes
stand swore he was with Leib whel
/, he recovered the torn receipts.
When he was cross examined th
prosecution sought to emphasize leib
. sworn statement that ne never receiye'
more than seventeen Olank dnpilcate re
= relpts from HARRISBURG ana never say
the alleged bogus receipts before III
trial opened mere
= The jury was temporarily excused
this afternoon while counsel for boil
, sides argued as to the admission Of dis
sci for LsH, vas placed ,4on,,d on the st stan