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| on | Po ; Be . . Joa... '. The-article stated that Cohen said he made the arrangements 3°. for Belli to defend MiSs Barr, -Cohen was quoted, "I made con- | .... .negtions for Candy . X am not paying the bill. But I orayed i the credit on it. “She'li p pay hint when she's able,". Prine tem oa se pees nese OM. " According. to! the’ ‘article, Belli insisted, "This” has notl . to .do with Cohen. I agreed to.take her case "after. talking with. her ‘Friday:‘and- Saturday... “° The news -iten further set fox that. Belli said; ‘She is. caught right in the middle of a - political déal. ‘She doési't use narcotics or sell. it end she ‘was delibez sately framed by narcotics agents." " According to AAG fo, & ReWS: article, a jury-in Dallas, Tex 2S y convicted Miss Barr ## Liposse ssioniof- marijuana’. last-year. . ex fifteen-year prise :sen tence was ipheld: in January bY the Texas Court of Criminsa# Appeals a , oe, OTDM WN HO” ney. ' ot ge 4 The “San*Franéiseo Chronicle," a “daily newspaper. “publish -at’San Francisco, issue of July 6, 1959, captioned "Belli ; Asked Limit for” Lawyers ees." It stated that Melvin Belli, . San Francisco. attorney, had recommended to Governor Edmend . .G.. Brown. (Governor. of California):for regulation of. lawyers' ae _ fees’ -in:. ‘personal: injury cases rather than.creation of. a * OBR “California Automobile Accident Commission,. Belli, a specials “Bi. -in=:personal : ‘injury. : ‘eases, -was” quoted, ‘"Lawyers charge too muc4, . Fees in. personal. injury cases such as automobile. accidents © Should not go over forty ser. cent. I charge one-third “Bondi ‘charge as ssuch as fifty per cent." , YAU WN re OO NO OO oe ee vem et “San Francisco. Examiner" issue of fLugust 24, 1959, contoined an article captioned “Mickey Slated for ‘Belli Seminar. 2 articlé is: dated Miami, August 23rdy and stated that Mickey ‘Cohen arrived ‘in Miami on August 23 rd and, efter questioning hr Miami. detectives, he was. permitted to go to a Miami Beach hetel where he was” scheduled: .to address a trial seminar. The semins: was -to be put on by. attorney Melvin Belli, San Francisco trial . lawyer, who: defended Cohen last week on‘a ‘charge of asenui ting the chief. of” the’ ‘Federal: Narcotics Bureau in Los Angeles The news item stated the seminar heid in conjunction with the. . . University of Miami Law School attracted attorneys . ‘:lacross the nation; A seminar Spokesizan--said the meeting was --.-- . not connected with the giant Anerican Bar. Association convention . Starting there on Monday. : AAS. - In the "San Francisco Exaniner" issue of fhugust 25, 1950, it was .set forth .in an. article that ie elviu “Belli, ‘top trial lawyer from San Francisco, had introduced Hickey Cohen as _ Professor O'Brien at the American Ber &£Ssociation conventi “in Miami Beach. The article stated that Cohen, as Pro: Sor O'Brien, lectured to the unsuspecting lawyers us tn wet wth ae o.oo ie aot