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The Barre Daily Times
Barre, Washington County, Vermont
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In Taunton, Mass., the defense rested late on March 21 in Joseph E. Warner's $100,000 slander suit against Lt. Gov. Alvin T. Fuller, stemming from a 1920 political rally. Warner denied receiving money as counsel; letters and testimony from reporter Carl Magee were introduced.
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ENDS HIS DEFENSE
In Action Brought By Joseph E. Warner for Alleged Slander.
Taunton, Mass., March 21.--The defense rested late this forenoon in the $100,000 slander suit which Joseph E. Warner, former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, has brought against Lieutenant Governor Alvin T. Fuller.
Warner, called by the defense as its last witness, denied that he had received money as counsel in a case before the industrial accident board. Letters were introduced in an attempt to show that Harold F. Hathaway, who the defense contends was Warner's law partner, had applied for a place as a member of the board for that case.
Carl Magee, a reporter for the Salem Evening News, testified as to the questions which Fuller asked Warner at a political rally at Salem in September, 1920. It was in connection with the campaign of Fuller and Warner for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor that year that the alleged slander was committed. The witness said that Warner did not answer specifically any of Fuller's questions but that he did make a general denial in which he declared that he had nothing to do with Hathaway's appearance before legislative committees.
The defense closed without calling for testimony by Hathaway, who had been summoned as a witness.
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Taunton, Mass.
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March 21
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the defense rested without calling hathaway as a witness.
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The defense rested late this forenoon in the $100,000 slander suit brought by Joseph E. Warner against Lieutenant Governor Alvin T. Fuller. Warner denied receiving money as counsel before the industrial accident board. Letters showed Hathaway applied for a board position. Carl Magee testified about Fuller's questions to Warner at a 1920 political rally in Salem, where Warner made a general denial regarding Hathaway's legislative appearances.