Three Chinese, with a white lawyer, Michelson, were hailed before the U. S. District Court, San Francisco, on a charge of having conspired to bribe an immigration officer. All four were acquitted, but not before the prosecuting attorney had added to the tribulations of a California Cabinet member. Said the prosecutor:
"In a previous address to you, I made inference that Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, was attempting to interfere with prosecution of this case. I now withdraw this inference and make the direct statement that he is interfering.
"He sent...
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