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Abner Zwillman — Part 2

141 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Mar 31, 1955 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Abner Zwillman · 140 pages OCR'd
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u any unaccounted for expenditures Were necessarily w - com e particuiar yea uppose,” Toclan asked, “that in 1047 the defendant had 100, 564 potatoes and you took away from that €3,723 potatoes, You would have left, wouldn’t you, 45,871 potatoes?” The ~ witness nodded. “But,” Toolan went on, “you converted expenditures into socalled unre- ported gross income?” “That’s right,” the witness said.; Adding and Subtracting . Toolan continued to attack the ‘witness's conversion of unac- cpunted for expenditures inte ‘unreported income. The witness had testified that in 1947 he cal- e@ated that Zwillman had spe:t a4, of which only $63, | Id be accounted for by i ar neat warth shan gac | ope Gl CL FAL Lec, ab Under cross-examination, cher also conceded that most the schedules he had prepared required no particular expert skill because they involved.merely add- ing cr subtracting figures in Zwillman's tax returns and others testified to in the trial. After the eross-examination, the redirect and the recross are completed, and Ascher finally steps down, the government will Test. Then lengthy debate is antici- ted—a full day or more—on a ood of defense motions, includ- ing one asking the court to acquit the defendant witbout further ade on the ground that the government has failed to make out « prima facie case. While this legal argument con- tinues the jury will be excused, Thee trial began Jan. weeks ago yesterday.» - ~~ a, NEWARK EVENING NEWS Newark, New Jersey Date Page Edition _ ———— SUB TYCED bY THE NEVARK FIRLD DIVISION
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