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Mary Brunner Arraigned In Gary Hinman Murder
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 17 – Mary Brunner, one-time member of Charles Manson’s cult, was arraigned yesterday on a second County Grand jury indictment charging her with the 1969 murder of a musician in Topanga Canyon. Miss Brunner, a 26-year-old librarian […]
Manson Jurors Sworn in, Sequestered Immediately
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 16 – A jury today had been selected and sworn in for the Charles Manson murder trial. It was told almost immediately that panel-members will be sequestered. The confinement of the jury, ordered by trial Judge Charles […]
Begin Pick of Tate Alternates
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 15 – The slow process of selecting six alternate jurors began today in the Tate-LaBianca murder case following the formal swearing in of the 12-member jury panel Tuesday. The seven man, five woman jury will be sequestered […]
7 Men, 5 Women Pledge ‘Impartial’ Trial, Sworn As Tate Murder Jury
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 15 – A jury of seven men and five women was sworn in yesterday at the Sharon Tate murder trial after each of them promised individually to give the defendants, an “impartial and fair hearing.” Selection of […]
Tate Jury May Be Sworn Today
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 14 – A jury is expected to be sworn in here today to try cultist Charles Manson and three young women of his nomadic “family” on charges of murdering actress Sharon Tate and six others in two […]
Manson Jury Chosen
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 13 – A jury to hear the Tate-LaBianca massacre murder case against cult leader Charles Manson and three of his girl followers will be sworn in Tuesday, it was learned today. The five-woman, seven-man panel selected in […]
Tate Jury Chosen; Evidence to Begin
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 13 – The selection of 12 permanent jurors was completed today at the trial of Charles Manson and three young women members of his “family” in the Tate-Labianca murder case. After a month of questioning almost 150 […]
Completion of Manson Jury Held ‘Possible’ Tomorrow
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 12 – Approval of a jury for the Charles Manson murder-conspiracy case is closer today than it has been in the four weeks since the trial opened. Whether or not a panel of 12 will be selected […]
Suit Threatened In Watson Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 11 – A California official talked about bringing a $100,000 suit against Texas Friday, charging intentional delays in extraditing Charles Watson, 24, wanted in California for trial in the Sharon Tate murder case. In Austin, Atty. Gen. […]
Tate Trial Delayed Once More
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 – The oft-delayed Sharon Tate murder trial hit a new snag today when the critical illness of the daughter of a defense attorney caused him to delay his final argument. Maxwell Keith, who replaced the missing […]
Manson-Cult Jury Selection Closing
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 11 – The jury to hear the Tate-LaBianca murder trial is expected to be seated Monday, prosecutors indicated Friday as the fourth week of jury selection came to an end. The prosecutors’ decision not to challenge any […]
Tempers Flare in Court at Manson Murder Case Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 10 – Tempers appeared to wear thin yesterday at Charles Manson’s murder trial as both attorneys and the judge in the case sniped at each other in the open courtroom. Trial Judge Charles Older apparently was concerned […]
Hahn Assails Tactics at Slaying Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 10 – Supervisor Kenneth Hahn yesterday criticized the “Roman holiday circus” atmosphere which he said is surrounding the Charles Manson murder trial. Hahn, in an impromptu news conference, claimed courtroom tactics by defense and prosecution attorneys and […]
Testimony Sought From Polanski
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 8 – A prosecutor said Tuesday in Los Angeles that film director Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate’s husband, will testify at the trial of four persons accused of killing the actress and six other persons. “I’m relatively sure […]
New Jury Panel Asked In Tate Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 7 – A judge asked a new panel of jurors at the Sharon Tate murder case Monday whether they could give the four defendants a fair trial, Twelve citizens stood up and said they could not. A […]
Ex-UW Librarian Seeks Release in L.A. Murder Case
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 7 – Former University of Wisconsin librarian Mary Brunner, 26, charged in the torture-slaying last year of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman, today sought release on the grounds that she had allegedly been granted immunity from prosecution by […]
Tate Slaying Trial Taking on Look Of 3-Ring Circus
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 6 – Opening its fourth week at the Hall of Justice, the Sharon Tate murder trial is taking on the colorful complexity of a three-ring circus, with all participants doing their own thing. With a jury still […]
12 in Tate Jury Panel Want Out
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 6 – The third panel of 48 prospective jurors was brought into Los Angeles Superior Court today in the opening of the fourth week of the massacre murder trial of Charles Manson and three of his girl […]
Manson Clan of Girls Hanging On to Memories
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 5 – A year ago, there were about 45 members of the hippie “family” that lived a communal existence on a crumbling movie ranch in the arid, boulder-strewn mountains at the northern end of the San Fernando […]
Women on Trial Draw Pictures
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 4 – Swathed in satin capes, three women defendants in the Sharon Tate murder trial whispered and drew pictures on yellow legal pads Friday as the third tedious week of jury selection droned to a close. The […]
