Reporter Subpoenaed by Defense in Manson Trial

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 21 – The Charles Manson trial took a new twist yesterday as the defense subpoenaed a newspaper reporter in an effort to find the source of one of her stories. The subpoena was served on Mrs. Mary […]

Manson Yells Defiance

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 21 – Cult leader Charles Manson took a verbal skip at the establishment Monday in the Tate-Labianca murder trial as the prosecution exercised peremptory challenges delaying final jury selection. Manson, 35, accused mastermind of the seven slayings, […]

Miss Brunner Seeks to Win Freedom

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 19 – Mary Brunner, 26, former University of Wisconsin librarian, will argue for her freedom from a murder charge in Superior Court Wednesday. Miss Brunner, a member of a clan of young persons led by Charles Manson, […]

Manson and ‘Family’ — Trial Begins This Week

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 19 – His long, brown hair hangs to his shoulders — snarled and unkempt, hiding his face. His beard, at times clean cropped but more often growing uninhibited by a razor, shields a youthful face. Spectators and […]

Lawyer Out In Tate Trial

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 18 – The youngest of the three female defendants at the Tate murder trial fired her “square” lawyer yesterday and replaced him with an attorney who has just been admitted to the bar and has never handled […]

Judge In Manson Case Asks Press Withhold Interview

LOS ANGELES, Jul. 17 – The judge presiding over the Charles Manson murder trial made an unprecedented request of the news media yesterday to refrain from using an interview given earlier in the day by an attorney. “I’m pleading with […]

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 […]