Word: snorkey
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Snorkey looked blissfully contented as the jury filed out. In a bright green suit ($135) and green-spotted tie he stood in the corridor and smiled. Also pleased with Judge Wilkerson's dispassionate charge were Counsel Ahern & Fink. A moment later Snorkey disappeared...
During much of one day's testimony Snorkey had his eyes on slim Beatrice. Lillie, who sat with the reporters. He wanted to meet her, but his lawyers objected. Chirruped Actress Lillie: "Well, I wasn't billed, but if pressed I'll sing a song...
...Fink, still feeling hurt, thought the language of the indictment was "vague, indefinite, uncertain," felt that a great injustice had been done to Snorkey in charging him with "attempting" to evade tax payments. Snorkey, he said, had only "omitted" to do his duty. In Washington, Treasury officials punched a hole in Snorkey's only defense by pointing out that race track losses could not be deducted from his income. If he lost consistently, they explained, the money he lost must have come from other sources than the track, and therefore he must pay income on it. Lawyer Ahern deplored...
Verdict-At 10:50 p. m. the jury was ready, but Snorkey was nowhere to be seen. Lawyer Ahern rushed to a telephone. Fifteen minutes later in popped Snorkey, panting, sweating. He tossed a green coat & hat on the counsel table, mopped his fat head with a green handkerchief. In came the jury...
Judge Wilkerson looked puzzled. So did Messrs. Ahern & Fink. "Inconsistent," mumbled the prosecution. Snorkey grinned broadly...