Opinion ID: 1542243
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Heading Rank: 17

Heading: Insufficiency of the Evidence to Justify Submission.

Text: We have carefully considered the evidence in the light of the argument of appellants as to its sufficiency to justify submission to the jury. We have not thought it necessary to discuss or even to state herein the evidence as to other than the first count of the indictment because the sentences on all other counts are less than that on the first count and run concurrently therewith. However, we should state that the evidence as to compulsory use of the sound service (covered in counts six to ten, inclusive) and as to the so-called loan of $2,000 by Harry C. Arthur, Jr., to Weston in connection with the opening of the Orpheum Theatre (covered by count eleven) has been fully examined and is sufficient to justify submission to the jury on the counts of the indictment involving those transactions. There is no doubt that the evidence was amply sufficient for submission upon all counts of the indictment. It reveals the sorry picture of two labor leaders who used their power of control over a local union to extort money from employers for their own private personal profit.