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'I •Y at rsrorinnymHOUSTON (AP) — A jury of vioted of a capital erimfj and)by testifying against Hoover.height men and four women w^° receives more than 15 years j He was referring to Samuel !L t1, ‘ , ,,. . in prison cannot post bond. Spivey, who turned state’s’jfound former Pasadena Mayoi jury began deliberating witness after hr* was indicted,Sam Hoover guilty of conspiracy Hoover’s fate last night with John Oscar Young. 25. andn diamonds on a table (Calvin Seltestified„ ______ last night with John Oscar Young, 25.today in the torture-robbery of $15,00() m diamonds on a table Calvin Sellars, 22.ia wealthy Houston couple and •{fj^. jury room Spivey testified during!sentenced him to ») \eais in Th( triaJ wem tQ {j)e jary at tnaJ an(j. implicat(,d jjoov(,r in4:36 p.m. and 90 minutes later hi„Hoover showed no emotion as the jurors asked to see a five n i‘ i t J *: ,, . , ... ,• , , .L Pasadena lawyer conferred witha s,e,n SntCL was re m ' f'drlt;Jf 1 ‘!l a ' '‘e.car,t! him and Young on the telephone Arnold Krtchamer s court after diamond allegedly stolen during lt;junng the robbery'* ... .. robbery last March 11 I , \ . ~7In the court s charge to thethethe jury had deliberated eig hours.Criminal Dist. Judge j ArnoldI)ist. A tty, Prank Briscoe had Krichamer went home at 6 p.m. ^ricnamer said:sought the death penalty. The arid ordered the bailiff to allow j , :,)U (afiinot convict the de-tbe jurors to deliberate late into . unless you believe thethe night if they so desired. testimony of Spivey.Dist. Atty. Frank Briscoe had Hnscoe {o|f| thlt;‘ ^ he wouWstate contended Hoover, an attornev who once made an tinsuccessful racemastefor Harris Countva w,_________rminded the March decided to proceed on the second I a a-1 s * billing t o grant im-11 robbery at the home of Mair count of the indictment, which '* rna*Vmeant Ilooi r was tried only as ^nvf7 1 would help a Harris an accomplice in the robbery. v lurv convict, a man likeHe had been accused of ad vis-, ing and encouraging three other ,u- ^tfourides, assiaicthe telephone while ecutor referred to Hoover as theVv a r r e n asked thateJ. acnepps, wholesaler.s attorney Burnett of Odessa,I the jury be polled.One by one the jurors re the verdict was his or her own.Burnett then filed immediatenotice of appeal. criminals who had tortured and! “1 feel the jury rendered jus- robbed Mr and Mrs tice in this case,’ said Asst, were trying to savejDist. Atty. Gus Zgourides. _l“Thev could not have returned* w ’ q if I * tp q nri aw;any other verdict in view of the rr,n.'i111ermen over thev were atTRr - v^ ~Warren Burnett of Odessa, de fense lawyer.facts and evidence presented.”Hoover was remanded to jail moments after the verdict was read. Mrs. Mary Hoover, his wife, was in the court room displayed little emotion Burnett and Luther Jones, another defense attorney, began an immediate conference with Hoover in the holdover jail cell but had no comment other than ^ n)jllt;T to say an appeal would be filed. fears t Hoover, asked by a newsman for his reaction to the verdictBALTIMORE, Md (UPI)mly added four new' suites to its existing 12. there isn't a suite number Amastermind of the Schepps robbery during his final speech tothe jury the* ^ JU,y-Mr. and Mrs. Schepps testifiedthey were beaten and torturedby three men looking for moneySchepps sammm lt;with a hot knife and later shot in the leg.a tobacco wholesaler, he was beaten unconscious and the armed men took $3,900 two v waswires, ! ’ fIandswKesmam sa patient is anxiety by thought of undergoingknowledge that he’s(H1ridden enough . u**r. Hou_st0? ”0ii.Ce sf‘rvPt! lt;a search warrant on Hoover andtwow» atre sitf.yi8he’s already superr *44were said to be(3 similar in size and color to those taken in the robbery.The state contended the-,e dia were the same ones tak-iyHenwJuct(state law. Hoover must In the westers Canadian Arc* It was these two diamonds the remain in jail until a high court tic the temperature sometimes jurors carried into the jury Idecides his case. Anvone con falls to 50 degrees below zero roonv during their deliberations. Cm. a *
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Wed, Aug 05, 1964
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