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In a huddle during a lunch break today, Walter Choma (centre) his wife and lawyer Sidney J. Silverman talk after leaving courthouse. Choma is charged with trying to bribe former Toronto magistrate David Coon who testified he allowed himself to be bugged so police could record a conversation with Choma.
In a huddle during a lunch break today, Walter Choma (centre) his wife and lawyer Sidney J. Silverman talk after leaving courthouse. Choma is charged with trying to bribe former Toronto magistrate David Coon who testified he allowed himself to be bugged so police could record a conversation with Choma.

In a huddle during a lunch break today, Walter Choma (centre) his wife and lawyer Sidney J. Silverman talk after leaving courthouse. Choma is charged with trying to bribe former Toronto magistrate David Coon who testified he allowed himself to be bugged so police could record a conversation with Choma.

Date9/18/1968
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