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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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In Nashville, Tenn., the federal court jury in the embezzlement trial of Frank Porterfield, defaulting cashier of the Commercial National Bank, failed to agree after a week-long trial and was discharged on Nov. 13. The jury reportedly stood eight for conviction. Judge Sage charged Porterfield's attorney, Spiral Hill, with contempt.
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The Jury Disagrees as to His Guilt on a Charge of Embezzlement.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13.—The jury in the case of Frank Porterfield, the defaulting cashier of the Commercial National Bank, who has been on trial in the federal court here for the past week, failed to agree, and were discharged this morning. It is understood that the jury stood eight for conviction. Judge Sage, who presided in the case, preferred charges of contempt against Spiral Hill, Porterfield's attorney, and he has been cited to answer.
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Nashville, Tenn.
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Nov. 13.
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jury failed to agree and was discharged; stood eight for conviction; charges of contempt preferred against attorney spiral hill.
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The jury in the federal court trial of Frank Porterfield, defaulting cashier of the Commercial National Bank, on a charge of embezzlement, failed to agree after a week-long trial and was discharged this morning.