The former secretary of the interior arrived from his ranch to face arraignment in the District of Columbia supreme court on Wednesday on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with the oil contracts, with the trial set for November 22. He called the oil reserve proceedings "without parallel in the legal history of the world" and said he could predict the outcome only on the basis of his own conscience, adding that he and his co-defendant were being prosecuted not at the instance of the department of justice but under a special act.

The former secretary of the interior arrived from his ranch to face arraignment in the District of Columbia supreme court on Wednesday on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with the oil contracts, with the trial set for November 22. He called the oil reserve proceedings "without parallel in the legal history of the world" and said he could predict the outcome only on the basis of his own conscience, adding that he and his co-defendant were being prosecuted not at the instance of the department of justice but under a special act.

The former secretary of the interior arrived from his ranch to face arraignment in the District of Columbia supreme court on Wednesday on charges of criminal conspiracy in connection with the oil contracts, with the trial set for November 22. He called the oil reserve proceedings "without parallel in the legal history of the world" and said he could predict the outcome only on the basis of his own conscience, adding that he and his co-defendant were being prosecuted not at the instance of the department of justice but under a special act.