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Closing Arguments at Tate Murder Trial Interrupted by Charles Manson’s Growls
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 – Charles Manson voiced his own form of protest yesterday when he heard the prosecutor at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial describe him as a “vicious, diabolical murderer who gave the order that caused seven human beings […]
Keith Pleads For Innocence Of Manson’s Three Girls
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 – Defense attorney Maxwell Keith told the jury today at the Tate murder trial that if they believed the theory that the killers were simply robots and zombies directed by Charles Manson they must find all […]
Tate Murder Trial Goes To Jury Next Week
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 – Charles Manson’s attorney has finally finished his final arguments in the Tate-LaBianca murder case and the seven-month-old trial may reach the jury by the middle of next week. Irving Kanarek concluded his summation Friday with […]
Manson Trial Drones Toward Last Stage Before Verdict
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 – Five air conditioners set high in the windows of the white-walled courtroom work ceaselessly, humming a background to the words of Charles Manson’s attorney. Irving A. Kanarek stands behind a lectern, placed between the court […]
Manson Clan Member Gives Birth To Boy
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 – One of the young woman members of Charles Manson’s so-called “family” gave premature birth to a 4-pound baby boy Tuesday night in the jail ward of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, authorities said. The unnamed […]
Manson Loses New Motion to Fire Defense Lawyers
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 – Charles Manson and his three female followers lost another bid to have their attorneys fired yesterday. Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, presiding at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, denied the motion. It was filed with […]
Manson Innocent, Attorney Asserts; Calls Trial Political
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 – Working his way through more than 19,000 pages of transcript, Charles Manson’s attorney Monday described the Tate-LaBianca case as a “political trial” and claimed his client is innocent. Irving A. Kanarek, offering final arguments for […]
Trial Delay Granted For Three Followers
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 – A Superior Court judge yesterday continued until Jan. 11 the case of three of Charles Manson’s followers accused of giving an LSD-spiked hamburger to a prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. Judge Malcolm M. […]
Manson’s Defense Attorney Charges Case A ‘Political Trial’
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 – Charles Manson is undergoing a “political trial” in the Tate murder case and should no more be charged with murder than Gov. George Wallace or John Birch Society head Robert Welch, a defense lawyer argued […]
Artist Found in Contempt for Manson Trial Outbreak
Nancy Jo Davis, 34, found in contempt of court Thursday after her outburst during closing arguments. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 – A freelance artist who shouted out at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial that she wanted to defend Charles Manson was […]
Manson Trial Interrupted By Follower Of Defendant
Nancy Jo Davis sits outside courtroom with a picture she drew of Charles Manson LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 – The Sharon Tate murder trial was interrupted by a pretty, blue-eyed brunette who wanted to give the judge a folder of […]
Tate Trial Breaks For Another Case
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 – The Tate-LaBianca murder trial was interrupted Wednesday so Charles Manson and Susan Atkins could appear at a hearing in another double name murder case. This time it was the Gary Hinman-Donald (Shorty) Shea case, combined […]
D.A. ‘Programmed’ Linda, Manson Attorney Charges
ANOTHER MANSON FRIEND IN COURT — Nancy Laura Pitman, a 19-year-old friend of Charles Manson, arrives in court in Los Angeles for arraignment after being arrested Sunday when deputies said she tried to visit Manson while carrying drugs in her […]
Defense Sums Up Case For Tate Jurors
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29 – The defense says Charles Manson and three women codefendants are innocent of the Sharon Tate murders end the real killers are still at large. Paul Fitzgerald, head of the four-attorney defense team, also told the […]
Manson: The Meaning
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 – If Charles Manson were only an isolated kook, he would not be on everyone’s mind, including the President’s. Clearly, Manson and his so-called family are something special for us that hits close to home. Bizarre, […]
Girl Suspected Of Trying To Smuggle Drugs To Manson
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 – A girl follower of hippie leader Charles Manson was arrested here on suspicion of trying to smuggle drugs, concealed in two balloons, into his jail cell. The girl, Brenda McCann, 19, was booked on suspicion […]
State Ends First Tate Trial Case
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28 – The state concluded the first portion of its closing argument in the Sharon Tate murder trial today, calling for a verdict of first degree murder against Charles M. Manson and three women co-defendants. The prosecutor […]
Bugliosi Says Manson’s Manner Lulled Victims
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 – Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi said Wednesday that Leno and Rosemary LaBianca might have lived it they had not been fooled by Charles Manson’s false face and soft manner. “To fool the LaBiancas, ladies and gentlemen,” […]
Tate Death Jury Plans Yule Party
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 – The Sharon Tate murder trial jury, sequestered longer than any in California history, will celebrate Christmas like the one big family it’s become. At the Ambassador Hotel where they have lived under guard for more […]
Four Defendants Disrupt Manson Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 – Disruption followed disruption, then turned violent Tuesday in the Tate-LaBianca trial as prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi methodically led jurors in final argument through testimony about the seven killings. Charles Manson was removed from the court […]
