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Tate Case Stalled; Lawyer Still Lost
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 – The Tate-LaBianca murder trial came to a virtual stand still today because of the continued and mysterious absence of defense lawyer Ronald Hughes. Police and sheriff’s deputies searched for the 250-pound red-bearded novice attorney but […]
Manson Case Fugitive Surrenders
Bruce Davis, left, a freshly carved bloody “X” on his forehead, is led into the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles by his attorney, Dave Shinn, who talked the crony of Charles Manson into surrendering. Davis, 27, a member of […]
Weather Hinders Hunt for Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 – Sheriff’s deputies were awaiting a break in the weather today to search for a missing defense lawyer in the Sharon Tate murder trial who is believed marooned in the Sespe area of Los Padres National […]
Tate Case Lawyer Can’t Be Found
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 – The disappearance of a defense attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murders case remained a mystery today as sheriff’s officers could not locate him in an area where be was reported “marooned.” Burly, bearded Ronald Hughes, the […]
Manson’s Shattered Defense
ATTORNEYS FITZGERALD, KANAREK, SHINN & HUGHES No way to tell their clients what to do Nov. 30 – For nearly four months, the prosecution methodically presented evidence in the bizarre Los Angeles murder trial of Charles Manson and his co-defendants. […]
Course Unpredictable As Tate Trial Resumes Monday
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 – The three long-haired girls are pale and thin after a year in prison. Their gaze is blank except when it falls on the short, dark-eyed man at the counsel table with them. Charles Manson flashes […]
Manson’s Ex-Pal Gets An Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 – One of two former Charles Manson “family” members charged with the attempted murder and robbery of a Long Beach apartment house owner and his guest will be represented at his trial by a private attorney, […]
Manson Takes Stand, Denies Killing or Ordering Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 – Charles Manson publicly denied Friday that he had killed anyone or ordered anyone’s death. He took the witness stand in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, out of the presence of the jury, and portrayed himself as […]
Manson on Stand in Dramatic Finale
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 – “I’ve killed no one and I’ve ordered no one killed,” Charles Manson declared in a dramatic, unexpected monologue that wound up testimony in the Sharon Tate murder trial. Out of hearing of the jury, and […]
Manson Girls Defy Defense
Three girl defendants in the Sharon Tate murder trial, Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel, from left, leave court Thursday after defense attorneys rested their case in a surprise move without calling any witnesses. Immediately the girls rose […]
Manson Defense in Surprise Rest
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 – In a surprise move which disrupted a Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, attorneys for cult leader Charles Manson and three of his girl followers rested their case before they even opened it. Although the four defense […]
Fitzgerald Heads Defense In Tate Case
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 – The defense in the Sharon Tate murder trial is planned as a joint effort — an “umbrella defense” — but the four attorneys agree that they often disagree. “At this moment in time, we are […]
State Rests Tate Case With ‘Ghastly’ Photos
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 – The prosecution rested its case Monday — the 98th day of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial — with introduction of “gruesome and ghastly” photographs of the seven victims. Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi concluded at 4:27 p.m. […]
Court Rejects Manson Request
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 – “I want a chance to defend my children,” said Charles Manson — gesturing at three women codefendants — in his latest plea for the right to act as his own lawyer in the Sharon Tate […]
Photographs May Be Shown at Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 – Arguments begin today on whether photographs of bloody slaying victims will be exhibited to the jury in the Sharon Tate murder trial. The photos – 8-by-10 and in color – show the blonde, pregnant actress […]
Defendant In Tate Trial Well Liked
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 – Dozens of Charles Manson’s old friends and followers have testified against the emotional clan leader at the Sharon Tate murder trial. Yet not one has expressed any dislike for him. Many of the prosecution witnesses […]
Prosecution Ends Case in Tate-LaBianca Murders
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 – The prosecution, in effect, ended its case Friday at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The last prosecution witness completed his testimony and all that remains before the prosecution rests are arguments over admissibility over certain evidence. […]
Girl Tells of Death Threat, Kicking, Whipping by Manson
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 – Cult chieftain Charles Manson not only threatened to kill her, but kicked and whipped her, a prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial testified today. Manson, who observed his 36th birthday today, listened without interrupting […]
Tate Witness ‘Maybe’ Erred
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 – Manson family dropout Dianne Lake, one of the chief prosecution witnesses in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial became rattled on the witness stand Tuesday and admitted it was “possible” that she was mistaken about some of […]
Trial Set For Pair In Stabbings
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 – Two former Charles Manson clan associates charged with robbery and a stabbing attack on two men in Long Beach Sept. 25 were returned to city jail Tuesday after a preliminary hearing at which Nov. 24 […]
