Category Archives: Archived News
Judge Tightens Attorney Gag in Tate Murder Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 27 – The gag applied to defense and prosecution attorneys in the Tate-LaBianca murder case tightened Friday as the trial ended its second week. As the slow process of jury selection continued, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge […]
Tate Murder Case ‘Privacy’ Upheld
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 27 – Dist. Atty. Evelle J. Younger says he doesn’t like the idea, but he has directed his deputies to abide by a judicial ruling in the Sharon Tate murder trial under which they may not disclose […]
Manson Turns Back on Judge in Hinman Case
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jun. 26 – Charles Manson turned his back on a Santa Monica Superior Court Judge yesterday when he was denied his request to act as his own attorney in the Gary Hinman murder case. It was not […]
Manson Demands Nomadic Types on Panel of Jurors
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 26 – A routine challenge of the petit jury system — the grounds that there are no poorly educated nomadic types among prospective jurors — was made today at the Tate-LaBianca mass murder trial neared the end […]
Clan Tries to Bar Quizzing of Juror
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 25 – Saying they want to deny the “establishment” the satisfaction of a “court drama,” Charles Manson and his three female codefendants are trying to prevent their lawyers from quizzing prospective jurors at the trial for the […]
Manson, Girls Order Lawyers To Keep Mum
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 25 – Charles Manson ordered his further defense at the Sharon Tate-LaBianca murder trial. His three female codefendants joined the hippie guru in asking their attorneys to sit mute in court while prospective jurors were being questioned. […]
Drug Used By Krenwinkel Common, Too Deadly To Name
MOBILE, Ala., Jun. 25 – A state toxicologist said Wednesday be detected a drug in the body of a half-sister of one of the defendants in the Sharon Tate mass slayings in California which he said was “so deadly and […]
State Again Tries to Oust Manson Defense Counsel
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – The trial of cult chieftain Charles Manson and three of his girls in the Tate LaBianca murders erupted in anger today as prosecutors made another attempt to have the hippie leader’s attorney taken off the […]
Tate Jury Selection Has Little Success
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – The Tate-Labianca murder trial attorneys finished interviewing the first panel of 60 prospective jurors yesterday without getting remotely close to selecting a single permanent juror to hear the case against Charles Manson and his “family.” […]
Texas Orders Murder Suspect Extradited
AUSTIN, Tex., Jun. 24 – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today ordered Charles Denton Watson extradited to California to stand trial in the Sharon Tate murders. Watson’s attorney indicated he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Watson’s chief […]
Tell Manson Gang Threat In Madison In Visit To Mary
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – A spokesman for the Los Angeles district attorney’s office told The Capital Times this morning that members of Charles Manson’s “family intimidated Mary Brunner with their visits to Madison” in recent months and thereby caused […]
Manson Prosecutor to Ask Death
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – A co-prosecutor in the Sharon Tate murder case indicates the state will seek the death penalty for Charles Manson and three young women charged with the seven slayings. “I think you could draw a few […]
Judge Finds Mary Intelligent – Tells Her to Get Lawyer
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge refused Monday to allow Mary Brunner, 26-year-old Madison library worker and UW graduate, to act as her own attorney in the slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Complementing the […]
Waives Right To Jury Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A statuesque brunette whose story of the Sharon Tate murders led to the arrests of members of a hippie-style clan said Monday she would waive her right to a jury trial. The attorney for Susan […]
Manson to Take Stand in Try for Case Dismissal
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – Cult chieftain Charles Manson will take the stand in an attempt to get charges against him in the Tate-LaBianca massacre murders dismissed, his attorney said today. The surprise announcement came as the selection of the […]
Can’t Act As Own Attorney
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – A former library employee from Wisconsin was denied permission Monday to act as her own attorney, after which she said her lawyer in a murder trial will be the same man representing hippie clan leader […]
Bid to Quiz Manson Witness Is Stymied
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 23 – Defense attorneys at Charles Manson’s murder trial persisted yesterday in attempts to talk to a young woman who may testify against the cult chieftain and his clan. Although the move was allowed by Superior Court […]
Manson Judge Lives Up To Billing As Unflappable No-Nonsense Jurist
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 22 – Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, who is presiding over the trial of Charles Manson and three members of his nomadic “family,” has a courthouse reputation as a stern, unflappable, “no-nonsense” judge. He’s living up […]
Tate Case Suspect’s Relative Found Dead
MOBILE, Ala., Jun. 22 – The half sister of one of three women charged with Charles Manson in the murder of actress Sharon Tate was found dead here Sunday and police said she apparently drowned. Officers said the nude body […]
Lineup for Legal Battle of Wits in Manson Cult Case
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 21 – A scrappy former Golden Gloves boxer from Minnesota and a Brooklyn-born criminal law expert head up a sort of tag-team match now under way in a high-ceiling courtroom in the gray-stoned Los Angeles Hall of […]
