Keyes Charges Aimee Used Judges as 'Dupes'
The defense contends that no crime was committed and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury, because the matter testified to was immaterial, and that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being held. The prosecution replies by pointing to the testimony of J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, which it says showed that they had aided this woman, however innocently.
Arguments by defense and prosecution in the case of Mrs. Mcpherson, who said kidnapers held her captive during her absence last summer.
ants committed no crime and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury in that the subject matter testified to before that body was immaterial and that if the district attorney is correct in his assertion, that the kidnapers which Mrs. McPherson says held her captive during her absence last summer do not exist, then she had the right to tell any story she pleased to explain her absence.
The defense asks dismissal of the charges on the ground that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being kidnaped.
In reply, the prosecution says in part:
"When the defense called to the stand J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, and it was shown by their testimony that they had aided this woman, however innocently, one in the manufacture of the Miss X affidavit, and the other in going down to Long Meach to
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Keyes Charges Aimee Used Judges as 'Dupes'
The defense contends that no crime was committed and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury, because the matter testified to was immaterial, and that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being held. The prosecution replies by pointing to the testimony of J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, which it says showed that they had aided this woman, however innocently.
Arguments by defense and prosecution in the case of Mrs. Mcpherson, who said kidnapers held her captive during her absence last summer.
ants committed no crime and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury in that the subject matter testified to before that body was immaterial and that if the district attorney is correct in his assertion, that the kidnapers which Mrs. McPherson says held her captive during her absence last summer do not exist, then she had the right to tell any story she pleased to explain her absence.
The defense asks dismissal of the charges on the ground that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being kidnaped.
In reply, the prosecution says in part:
"When the defense called to the stand J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, and it was shown by their testimony that they had aided this woman, however innocently, one in the manufacture of the Miss X affidavit, and the other in going down to Long Meach to
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Keyes Charges Aimee Used Judges as 'Dupes'
The defense contends that no crime was committed and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury, because the matter testified to was immaterial, and that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being held. The prosecution replies by pointing to the testimony of J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, which it says showed that they had aided this woman, however innocently.
Arguments by defense and prosecution in the case of Mrs. Mcpherson, who said kidnapers held her captive during her absence last summer.
ants committed no crime and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury in that the subject matter testified to before that body was immaterial and that if the district attorney is correct in his assertion, that the kidnapers which Mrs. McPherson says held her captive during her absence last summer do not exist, then she had the right to tell any story she pleased to explain her absence.
The defense asks dismissal of the charges on the ground that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being kidnaped.
In reply, the prosecution says in part:
"When the defense called to the stand J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, and it was shown by their testimony that they had aided this woman, however innocently, one in the manufacture of the Miss X affidavit, and the other in going down to Long Meach to
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Keyes Charges Aimee Used Judges as 'Dupes'
The defense contends that no crime was committed and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury, because the matter testified to was immaterial, and that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being held. The prosecution replies by pointing to the testimony of J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, which it says showed that they had aided this woman, however innocently.
Arguments by defense and prosecution in the case of Mrs. Mcpherson, who said kidnapers held her captive during her absence last summer.
ants committed no crime and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury in that the subject matter testified to before that body was immaterial and that if the district attorney is correct in his assertion, that the kidnapers which Mrs. McPherson says held her captive during her absence last summer do not exist, then she had the right to tell any story she pleased to explain her absence.
The defense asks dismissal of the charges on the ground that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being kidnaped.
In reply, the prosecution says in part:
"When the defense called to the stand J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, and it was shown by their testimony that they had aided this woman, however innocently, one in the manufacture of the Miss X affidavit, and the other in going down to Long Meach to
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Keyes Charges Aimee Used Judges as 'Dupes'
The defense contends that no crime was committed and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury, because the matter testified to was immaterial, and that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being held. The prosecution replies by pointing to the testimony of J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, which it says showed that they had aided this woman, however innocently.
Arguments by defense and prosecution in the case of Mrs. Mcpherson, who said kidnapers held her captive during her absence last summer.
ants committed no crime and that no perjury could have occurred before the grand jury in that the subject matter testified to before that body was immaterial and that if the district attorney is correct in his assertion, that the kidnapers which Mrs. McPherson says held her captive during her absence last summer do not exist, then she had the right to tell any story she pleased to explain her absence.
The defense asks dismissal of the charges on the ground that it is not illegal for a person to disappear, to reappear, to have another person impersonate them or to tell a story of being kidnaped.
In reply, the prosecution says in part:
"When the defense called to the stand J. A. Bardin, former superior court judge of Monterey county, and Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los Angeles county, and it was shown by their testimony that they had aided this woman, however innocently, one in the manufacture of the Miss X affidavit, and the other in going down to Long Meach to
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, November 2, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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