Evening star., 1934-11-02
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Four Agencies Take Part
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Raid Nets Two.
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men arrested said they were Daniel
Francis Bresnahan, 3e, Of the C street
address: Edward Leony, 81, Of 227
Eleventh street southwest. and Clifford
Luckett. -, colored, Of ass Cullinane
court southwest.
Released Under Bond.
The three were released under $1,000
bond each by United States Commits
sioner Needham c. Turnage for . pre-
liminary hearing November 6.
Following . complaint. police sent
an undercover agent to the place, who
reported he saw bets accepted and OBJ
tanned Q commissioner warrant.
A move to improve tactics of at
torneys defending clients in criminal
cases was made yesterday when F.
Regis Noel, president Of the District
Bar Association. named q cc,amittee
to investigate any charges of malprac-
tice which may come up against men,
bers of the bar
The committee consists Of rormer
Justice A. A Hoehling. chairman;
South Trimble. jr. vice chairman;
John E. Larson. secretary: Col. Edward
8. Bailey, Stanley F. Brewster, Seth
w. Richardson. Bolitha ]. Laws, Rich
mond B. Keech, Stanley Fischer Oliver
Gasch. David L. Grantham, Henry B.
Hazard. Phillip Herman and H. STAN
ley Hinrichs.
8 Named on New Unit.
The organizing group for q "Per-
manent Committee of Criminal Jus
tice." as proposed by the District Bar
Association, met late yesterday and
tentatively selected eight men to serve
on the permanent organization. Their
names will be withheld until they can
be submitted Monday afternoon to
the bar associations Emergency Com
mittee Of 40. From 10 to II attor-
neys and laymen will be chosen for
the Permanent Committee.
Charges that criminal lawyers were
impeding justice were denied in Po-
lice Court yesterday by Attorney
Charles Ford. Ford spoke in behalf
Of his colleagues before Judge Isaac
R. Hit. prompted by the fact that
Government counsel obtained q nolle
PROSE- Of charges against four men
Of selling and keeping for sale un-
taxed liquor.
The four men were arrested fol-
lowing a raid ON the Club Mayfiower
in the 1900 block Of Connecticut
avenue last February. Ford pointed
out that two days had been required
to pick jury to try the four and
that. in fairness to the defendants,
they should 60 to trial.
Postponed % Times.
"The defense counsel" Ford said.
"has been ready since last February,
and each time 1t has been called for
% times the case has been post
poned"
Attorney Ford pointed to the ~ con-
tinuances and the nolle PROSE- as proof
that lawyers were not responsible for
impeding justice. Assistant Corpora
tion Counsels Edward M. Curran and
Stanley De Neale insisted, however,
that a majority of the continuances
were at request of defense counsel
Curran and De Neale asked for the
nolle PROSE- so that another jury could
be chosen with a refiling of charges
after the court overruled their con-
tention that the jury was illegally
constituted.
Goldsmith Seized Again.
The men on trial are Zacharia T.
Goldsmith. alleged proprietor Of the
club: Thomas J. Sullivan. William H.
Nelson and Robert w. Corzaine,
charged with having sold and keeping
for sale certain alcoholic beverages
without first having obtained q Dis
trict license to do SO.
The Government counsels obtaining
the nolle PROSE-, Ford pointed out the
case had been killed. temporarily at
least, and another warrant must be
issued before his client could be held.
This being acknowledged by Judge
Hit. Attorney Ford hurriedly left the
court room with Goldsmith. Just out
side the Court House door, however.
Goldsmith was grabbed by . member
Of the vice squad and another warrant
served.
During the course of the two-day
trial, q majority Of the vice squad
members were seated in the outer
court room. during the case. This was
noted by the defense counsel, as an
expense to the Government, as was
the presence Of the court stenographer
and jury, all to no avail.
John J. McGinnis, defense counsel
for the three men other than Gold
smith, told Judge Hit he concurred
in the remarks made by his colleague,
Ford.
A fifth man arrested, Joseph 8.
Cochran, was granted q severance
from the trial of the others. His trial
date was set for November 81. Trial
of the three men, other than Gold
smith, was set for Novmeber IA.