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$2000 Fine. Ordered - for Marx Brothers, Escape Jail Te 2. Groucho a crackers, felt greatly Mcasting copyrighted radio script ; without the author's consent. said they would appeal from the verdict of the United States Dis- ptrict Court here, last week “That's a refief.” said Chico, when he heard Federal Fudge penalty. “We'll be giad, Groucho and and & “ies TF) Mary. Thev were xeheved of $1000. peach in fines~-subject to action: mof a higher cqurt lo whieh they, George Cosgrave assess the celebrated screen wise- reliey od Yesterday, Ther were relieved at not being sentence after their eorviction of broad.e-———-—. & sente need fo jail | ; Mie to shel out a thousand each, But jaii—, a terrible thought.* Groucho Say, that's (Once he itied to te fuany and failed when he agid: “Well, I was expecting the ' worst, 60 I'm well eudjafled.” The worst would fave been a_ ' (Continued on Page {, Cale, 4-5) ~~ smiled wryly. Fer’ ; fire. | We never knowingly ‘fted’ any (Continued From Page One) Lyear in fallin ‘addition to a $1060: Later, Groucho said: “It’s a miscarriage of justice. | material from anyhody.” | They gave oral notice of ap-| peal. | They were convicted last Sat-! urday of infringing a copyrighted | watked apologetically over te radio broadcast from Carroll and | ‘two comedians and said: Garrett Graham. Hollvwood au; thors. If took a jury only 47/ ‘minutes ta bring in a verdict of | “guilty.” The Graham brothers had sub-. and formal notice of appeal madi: mitted the manuscript to the: Marx brothers, who rejected it.: Their defense was the script 5¢ if and Chico. they used waz prepared for them | by the late Al Boasberg, a Holly. . wood gag mean, and that they. saw no similarity oetween it and the Graham manuscript. i Judge Cosgrave delayed the sentence for a while yesterday: until he could read the script which the Murx brothers were. acewaed of plagiarizing. “An appropriation of an: other's work hae ben made,” ' * said the judge afterward. “Ex. ‘formal statement signed by hime] predsions have been bodily. While tie ladictment ° may have been fanithy draws. (an the Marx attarecy com 3 : tended) it seems te me that @ that does not lessen the morak’ offense. I order the defendanés:j committed to jail antil the! fines are paid.” A United States me “You'll have to come inte mpg office for a minute.” They were released under badd “ Groucho Marx then issued ag It said, in pox “After twenty claht years of honest endeavor . ing convicted of a cisdemeanen. "We know we ant innocra, . While it is true the off charged ts s misdemeanor . b 4 rae es a eerie syigee eA