seucrat x0 rie "W.-C. Boma"
London, Feb. 21.
1 three defendants in the "pepper "—Garabed Bishirgian, the "pepper Icing." John Howeson and Louis, Hardy—have lodged appeals.
In summing up to-day, Mr. Justice Atkinson reminded the jury" of its responsibilities "in a case of rear public Importance," and, "in the course of hypothetical analogies, marked that it was a matter of ordinary legitimate trade to corner commodities. "Maybe it is not a nice thing to do." he said, "but there no Taw against it?
'The costs of the trial were in the neighbourhood of £30,000, 'The judge's summing up lasted 3% hours," white the. jury's - verdict, "guilty on all counts, was delivered after 50 minutes' deliberation, Bishirgian and Howeson were each sentenced {0 12 months' imprisonment, while Hardy was given nine months—all in the second division, Defendants were charged with having issued a misleading prospectus,
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