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1 •- ■ •%***ConvictedJohnsonMisapplication OfBank's FundsHUNTINGTON, Oct.—A federal court jury convic state senator Howard S. Johnso^* former president of the Pleasant National Bank, of plication of bank funds today,Teh verdict was returned on on#m of two counts in an indictment^against the former banker. He aiSO^-• r'- vhad been charged with makiiuj^j false entry. .The jury received the case latdjvilhv-fercrthen locked up. It resumedlast night, deliberated an hourof the case this morning but hsulnot reached a verdict at noon tMV-cess. Shortly before 3 o'clock th#^jurors anounced their decisionFederal Judge Harry E. WatkinsBBSJohnson, a Republican who re*; presents the fourth senatorial dis trict went on trial Monday. He wag ^ indicted by a federal grand JurjBl several months ago.• .The government offered 22 documentary records of the-U?j'--'-?to support its case and called wit*nesses to testify that certainchecks and notes were carried .fp^-cash assets of the Point Pleaiah institution.Miss Bessie Johnson, an assist cashier (not related to the de ant) told the jury that “c often were carried cash until the deposits against w they were drawn wereto roeet them.”Johnson had been engaged oil and gas business dm as bank-p*iiu^
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Oct 29, 1937
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