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Manson Family Legal Fee Paid By DA
Q: I would like to know — where did the money come from to pay the lawyers who defended convicted murderers Charles Manson and the three girls? — E. C. Miller, Northampton, Mass. A: From the Los Angeles District Attorney’s […]
Orgies of Death
WITNESS TO EVIL: by George Bishop 431 pg., Toronto Copp Clark, $8.95 About the only thing Witness to Evil has going for it is speed…the speed with which it was published following the verdict in the Tate-LaBianca killings — the […]
Manson Clan Dismissal Plea Denied
LOS ANGELES, May. 18 — A judge has denied a defense motion that murder indictments against Charles Manson and three others be dismissed because people with hippie-type life styles like Manson are excluded from county grand juries. Manson, 36, and […]
Secrecy of Witness Considered
LOS ANGELES, May. 16 — A request by the prosecution to keep secret the identity of a key witness in the Shea-Hinman murder trial has been taken under submission by a Superior Court judge. Judge Raymond Choate is expected to […]
Manson Ousted From Court After Shouting At A Witness
LOS ANGELES, May. 15 — Charles Manson, condemned to death for the Tate-LaBianca murders and soon to go on trial for two more slayings, was ousted from a courtroom Friday after yelling at a witness. Mansnn and three co-defendants were […]
Supreme Right of Public
LOS ANGELES, May. 13 — Judge Charles Older faced considerable difficulties at the Manson trial, most of them caused by the defendants. Charles Manson and his girls were rude, noisy and belligerent. At one point, Manson vaulted over the counsel […]
Death Row Active With Appeals
SAN QUENTIN, May. 12 — The sound of pounding typewriters echoes through San Quentin’s death row as inmates start preparing new appeals, hoping to keep alive following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling supporting the death penalty. Nearly all the 93 […]
Bugliosi Defends Courtroom System
VENTURA, Calif., May. 12 — “No type of court reform, in my opinion, could have prevented outbursts in the Charles Manson murder trial which a defense attorney and many spectators called a ‘circus,’” prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi told the Ventura County […]
Watson Pleads Innocence, Insanity in Tate Murders
LOS ANGELES, May. 11 — Charles (Tex) Watson yesterday pleaded innocent and innocent by reason of insanity to charges of murder and conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. Superior Court Judge Malcolm M. Lucas set July 19 for trial. The judge […]
Manson Lawyers Issue ‘Sensationalism’ Charge
LOS ANGELES, May. 5 — Two defense attorneys in the Hinman-Shea murder case yesterday accused the prosecution of “sensationalism” by not divulging the identity of a key witness. The charges were made to newsmen by Irving A. Kanarek, representing condemned […]
Get Jail For Trying To Take LSD To Manson
LOS ANGELES, May. 2 — A young woman who allegedly tried to smuggle LSD to condemned murdered Charles Manson has been sentenced to a 60-day jail term. Superior Court Judge George M. Dell sentenced 19-year-old Nancy Pitman, also known as […]
Ask Manson Trial Move, Hit Publicity
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29 — Thousands of newspaper clippings were submitted to court yesterday in a defense change of venue motion for Charles Manson and three others accused in the Shea-Hinman murders. The clippings, from newspapers all over the state, […]
Manson May Get Rough Treatment
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 — Inmates at San Quentin’s Death Row know that condemned killer Charles Manson is moving in soon and, says one prisoner, they may give him a rough time. “Due to the publicity he has received, some […]
Manson Girls Arrive At Prison Near Corona
Patricia Krenwinkel, left, and Leslie Van Houten, convicted in the Tate murders, are taken from women’s jail in Los Angeles to Frontera prison. FRONTERA, Calif., Apr. 28 — Two of the three women convicted and sentenced to death with Charles […]
Cult Chief, Three Followers Act Calmly
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 27 — Charles Manson and his three co-defendants in the Hinman-Shea murder case were models of decorum yesterday as defense attorneys argued for dismissal of charges. Neither Manson 36, Susan Atkins 22, Bruce Davis 27 or Steven […]
Manson Trial in Two Other Deaths Declared Waste of Money
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24 — The high cost of another trial will not deter his office from prosecuting condemned slayers Charles Manson and Susan Atkins for two more murders, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Joseph P. Busch Jr. said yesterday. […]
Manson On Way Back To L.A. Trial
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Apr. 23 — Charles Manson, cult leader condemned to die for the murder of Sharon Tate and six others, was removed from his Death Row cell today and returned to Los Angeles to face trial on two […]
Manson Screams Himself Out Of Court
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 22 — Rebuffed in a request to represent himself, Charles Manson screamed for 5 or 10 seconds yesterday to show Superior Judge Raymond Choate he has a voice. Manson’s loud “Ahhhhhhhh” startled the courtroom like an unexpected […]
Sharon Tate Body Photo Missing from Court Files
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 22 — A photograph showing the body of actress Sharon Tate is missing from the Superior Court files containing evidence in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, it had been disclosed today. Representatives of the district attorney’s office said […]
Manson and Girls Doomed; Lawyer Says It’s For Real
HEADS SHAVEN like their leader, Charles Manson, his three doomed woman followers march through a corridor outside the courtroom where they were sentenced to death. From left, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 — A […]
