Evening star., 1955-07-03

CndEtc3 ElCkctt tCOuLlcci IoE
Mr.. Green) = The political
campaign has not been ruled
out Of this case. It Is right
in 1t.
Mr.. Green-I want to show
to the court that a demand
was made for the letter as
soon as it came to my atten-
ton, and I got no answer to 1t.
You have in your answer you
never had the letter and now
you tell the jury and the court
here that you got it and had
it all the time.
Mr.. Lewis-I do not think
that is in the answer. Mr..
Green.
Mr.. Pickett-Yes, it is. It is
denied.
Mr.. Lewis-Denied what?
MIR. Pickett-He had possess
sion of it. l
Judge Bazile (presiding)-
I think that letter is ad-
misSible.
Mr.. Lewis-Paragraph 4 says,
Mr.. Pickett, that the defend
: ant admits receiving the letter
under date<of October 20.
Mr.. Pickett am talking
about the letter.
Mr.. Lewis-Why don't you
let the jury-you said we de-
MED receiving that letter. We
did not.
Mr.. Green-I am talking
about. that letter here.
Mr.. Lewis-We admit we got
that letter under Paragraph 4.
Mr.. Greenland you told the
jury and the court that you
had it all the time.
Mr.. Lewis-What?
Mr.. Green-That letter /. i. +.
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The Stor Lombosted
Mr.. Lewis-I particularly
show you page 2 and
after looking at it, ask you
if you have ever read that
article in The Washington
Evening Star?
Mr.. Green-I refuse to
answer that question.
Mr.. Pickett-What relevancy
does that have? The Wash
ington Evening Star is trying
to run the Commonwealth of
Virginia, anyway, so that the
papers there have published
editorials about the way we
conduct our affairs. I am
getting tired Of it.
Judge Bazile-Do you OBJ
ject to this?
Mr.. Green-Your honor, I
object to it, too. Every Wash
ington newspaper in Washing
ton has pounded me editorially,
and with news articles for the
last seven or eight years. I
reckon they have written
more about me than they
have about Joe Mccarthy.
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Mr.. Pickett-If your honor
please. I ask the court to
instruct the jury to disregard
his (Mr. MacPherson's) ref
erence to what The Washing
ton Star had to say about
the conduct Of affairs in vir-
ginia. If we get into that, I
can show to your honor and
to this jury that they dis
approve Of a lot of institutions
we have in Virginia, and pub
liSh editorials about it.
Judge Bazile-I do not think
you can put very much Gre
dence in what newspapers say
about anything.
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Mr.. Lewis-Mr. Green, we
have plenty of time. We will
take it very slow.
Mr.. Green-Well, I feel sor-
ry for the folks in the jury
box.
Rich or Poor?
Mr.. Green-You remind me
OF a man asking me whether
man was rich. A millionaire
In New York is a poor man,
and I reckon If he had a mil
lion dollars in Hanover Coun-
ty, he would be a very wealthy
man, so money is relative i.
Mr. Lewis -. since the
election have you been en-
gaged in the general practice
Of law?
Mr.. Green--That is right.
Mr.. Lewis-And quite sue
cessfully. have you not?
Mr.. Green-Well, now, Mr..
Lewis we get down to the
word RELATIVELY"
Mr.. Lewis-I am frank to
admit that I will gladly say
that I think you have been
highly successful.
Mr.. Green--When you say
highly successful" John w
Davies, he got a fee for $780,
600 for advising Mr.. ]. p
Morgan not to make q loan
to a railroad with two lines
on 1t. I reckon he would call
my money peanuts.
Mr.. Lewis-The facts are
financially. you nave peen
better off?
Mr.. Green-Right now I dc
not know. If the Eisenhower
administration continues to &c
into a depression, I would say
I would be worse off.
Mr.. Lewis-Up to now, we
have not had that difficulty
you are talking about.
Mr.. Green-She Is ap-
preaching mighty fast.