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Calls 38 Witnesses

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A-parade of 28 character wit- |
nesses ‘went to the stand today

Dr, Frank N. Ogden, former Fire
Department surgeon, as his nar-
cotics trial-neared its end in
Criminal Court.

Only final arguments remain
in the case, and these will be
heard Tuesday at 7 P. M. by .
Judge Joseph L. Carter.

Most of the witnesses today
were doctors, and all agreed that
Dr. Ogden, who ministered tg,
the Fire Department: for 3
years, holds a high place in the
medical profession,

HE,!IS ACCUSED of issuing
narcotics in violation of the law
and in bad faith. Five indict-,

the sixty-one-year-old physician.
AMONG’ HIS character wit-
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Rev. Don Frank Fenn; Dr. My-|:

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Hilgenberg, president of the Fire}
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A-long and technical defense
of Dr. Ogden’s actions in al-
legedly prescribing dolophine
and morphine for dope addicts
was provided by Dr. Laurence »
Kolb, a national authority on
MAPCOtiCS, nn

A group of 12 Baltimore -phy-
sicians highlighted yesterday’s

session in testifying to their be-|

lief that Dr. Ogden had acted in
good faith in-selling narcotics to
addicts, though some said he
showed “bad judgment” in some
instances.

     

 

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