PENTAGON EMBEZZLEMENT ATTORNEYS SUM UP CASES

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
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• Publication Date: May 19, 1965
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WASHINGTON POST
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Pentagon Embezzlement
Attorneys Sumn Up Cases
By Peter S. Diggins
Washington Post Staff Writer
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the job done." At..most, he
argued, they might be guilty
Wylie's attorney, James F.
FitzGerald, said both defend-
ants had a "reputation for an
ability, to perform and to get
lawyers entered their final
;.arguments yesterday in the
ease of two former Pentagon
ofifcials on trial in Alexandria
Federal. Court on charges of
conspiracy and embezzlement.
The attorneys spent almost
four hours discussing the com-
plex and sometimes bizarre
testimony that the jury of nine
men. and three women has
heard ,from 57 witnesses over
seven days.
U.S. Attorney C. Vernon
Spratley Jr. reviewed the testi-
mony for the jury and related
It to the charges against the
defendants, John A. Wylie and
William H. Godel.
The men "acted in concert
land many overt acts were un-
dertaken" aimed'at defrauding
the Government, Spratley con-
tended
tal red tape in an\ effort .to
complete their duties quickly
and efficiently.
At the end of his presenta-
tion, FitzGerald discussed
medical testimony concerning
Wylie indicating that "some-
thing is physically wrong with
his brain." The lawyer turned
to his client, 57, saying:
"You see him sit' there
seemingly impassive," adding
that Wylie has appeared un-
concerned about the charge
against him and he, doubted
whether his client could dis-
tinguish right from wrong.
Key to the case is the con-
spiracy charge, declared.
Godel's attorney, E. Waller
Dudley, as he began his final
plea. "These overt acts are of
no Importance unless the
Government shows a meetin'
of minds;' to defraud,
But no one, he declared, has
testified that a conspiracy be-
tween the two men was even
suspected.
Judge Oren-R. Lewis will'
Instruct the jury today on, the'
of failingto be Pverly zeal-Ilaw ap~licable_ in.the, se
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