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...Custodian Thomas Woodnutt Miller, who were charged with fraudulently allowing the transfer of $7,000,000 in stock in the American Metal Co. back to the original German owners. The defense lawyers had summed up their cases. Colonel William Rand, attorney for Colonel Miller, did it curtly. Max D. Steuer, in behalf of Mr. Daugherty, did it emotionally.* Prosecutor Emory Buckner in his final address announced that "we have the goods on Miller" but that the Government's case against Mr. Daugherty was "more difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Twelve Jurors | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

...Steuer and Colonel William S. Rand, attorneys for Defendants Daugherty and one-time (1921-25) Alien Property Custodian Thomas Woodnutt Miller, then began the defense. Throughout the trial defense attorneys have repeatedly urged dismissal of the case on the ground that the line of evidence offered in no way implicated the defendants. Now further defense was offered that since the $7,000,000 transfer-transaction had been consummated by assistants with but slight knowledge on the part of the defendants, therefore Mr. Miller and Mr. Daugherty could not be said to have "conspired" to put these claims through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Trial Continued | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

...next day Mai S. Daugherty, who had been in the courtroom since the trial opened, suddenly became probably the Government's most important witness. He merely stated that his brother Harry had burned the missing bank records. Max D. Steuer, defense attorney, questioned brother Mai a second time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Bonds, Bank Records | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...Government finished its case against Messrs. Miller and Daugherty as the fourth week of the trial opened. It remained for attorneys William Rand and Max D. Steuer to present their defense; for the jury to decide on conspiracy or no conspiracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Bonds, Bank Records | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...Steuer, defense attorney for Mr. Daugherty, is the most dramatic courtroom lawyer in Manhattan. Like a skilled actor in a play, he allows each trial to shape his emotions; then he turns about, leads the jurors to his viewpoint as deftly as a Hampden or a Barrymore leads his audience. Mr. Steuer† once advised young lawyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORRUPTION: Blossoms in Court | 9/13/1926 | See Source »

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