Charges of Impeachment Against Frederick A. Fenning: Hearing[s] Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on House Resolution 228. Mary 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, June 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, 1926. [And Briefs]

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