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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Los Angeles, the William G. Bonelli liquor license graft trial, now in its 10th week, is accelerating with rapid witness questioning to conclude by June 7. Eight bar owners testified their licenses were revoked for refusing protection payments to Bonelli's alleged syndicate.
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LOS ANGELES, April 9. (UP)— The "speed up" plan by which the William G. Bonelli liquor license graft trial is expected to be finished by June 7, was continuing today.
Now in its 10th week, the "speed up" provides rapid examination of witness and may include longer day sessions or even night sessions later on.
The state called eight bar proprietors as witnesses yesterday to testify that their liquor licenses had been revoked when they refused to pay protection money to a shakedown syndicate allegedly headed by Bonelli, member of the state board of equalization.
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Los Angeles
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April 9
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The William G. Bonelli liquor license graft trial is being sped up to finish by June 7, now in its 10th week with rapid witness examinations and possible longer sessions. Eight bar proprietors testified that their licenses were revoked after refusing to pay protection money to a shakedown syndicate allegedly headed by Bonelli, a state board of equalization member.