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1 LA 87-28977 HFD/rsr The following 1nvestigation was conducted by SA on September 30, 1970: IT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA File Number A-226576, which 1s a criminal case in. the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, charges SILAs M. NEwtoN with illegally selling a security for value without having permission from the Commission of Corporations, State of California. He allegedly sold an b7C interest in an oil well to be drilled in Sedona, Arizona. Te file reflects that on July 2l, l970,. attorney for the victims in this criminal case, advised Superior Court Judge RIchARD HAyaen that complete restitution. had been signed with regard to all transactions between NewTON and the victims. Th1s case came up for hearing on July 24, l970, and. the defendant entered a motion to withdraw his plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty.. On the court's own motion, the case was dismissed in the 1nterest of justice pursuant to Section 1385 Penal Code (pc), and NEwton's bail was exonerated. For the information of the Albuquerque Office, the probation report, which was dated June 30, l969, contained the following information concerning Nrwton: He was born on July l9, lo87, at Shelby County,. Kentucky. He is divorced and is a college graduate. He has claimed his occupation was that of a geologist, who had an income of $5oo a month, being employed by the Mechanic Research Foundation, Tucson, Arizona.. He claims to have a Bachelor of. for six months at Oxford University in London. NEwTon has been married four times. Two of these. relationships ended in divorce, and two with the deaths of his. wive. He was last married in lyso, and this wife divorced.