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Hews Boom—Phone SSIBrice; 50c per mo., $5 per yeaT InFREIDJURYSLAYINGNine Women and Tliree Men Convinced that Killing Done in Self DefenseDANIERE WAS AGGRESSORTestimony of Corselli After Arrest Not Sumitted. by Superior J udgeConvinced that the slaying wasdone in self-defense, a jury late*last night acquitted Nick Corselli, 64-year-old Italian, of themurder of Frank Danlere June18 last. The nine women .and | J three men composing the jury i £ deliberated more HTan three hours ti before reaching a decision about . 10 p. m. |cAlthough he appeared nervous 1 throughout the trial which began •Wednesday morning, Corselli be trayed no emotion when an interpreter informed him he was •free. When the verdict was an- [ nounced a group of Italians who ]attended the trial rushed flor-%Ward to congratulate their fellow countryman.Superior Judge Freeman’s ruling prohibiting the use of testimony obtained from the defendant after his arrest came as a blow to the prosecution yesterday.When Corselli was put on the stand by the defense he testified that Daniere was the aggressor in the argument that led to his death. This testimony Dep. Dlst.-Atty. Redwine attempted to Impeach, declaring it conflicted withthe statements made by Corsel!*at County jail. Attempts to put' the interpreter who took this testimony on the stand failed,; n; when Atiy. Richardson for thedefense submitted that the inter- \ tepreter had not been under oath when he took Corselli’s statement.iTo give the attorneys an op-portunity to argue this point thes:ttlaPihicijury was dismissed and Judge e3Freeman finally ruled in favor of the defense.Attempted to refute the self- s\n:Ci)aittg]diglt;ClP*defense contention, Redwine, in his argument, pointed to the estimony of Coroner Dickson that none of the three wounds could have caused instant death.In view of this, Redwine asked the jury, why did not Daniere return the shots of Corselli as the defense had established that the former was armed.Placed on tlie stand in his own behalf, Corselli declared through 1 an interpreter that, as the argu-jt0 ment grew heated, Daniere '‘went fr for his gun” and died because he was beaten to the draw. He declared that the argument start-ed inside the Corselli house, explaining that Daniere shoved him.from the front door before at-frorgidifoplbetempting to draw his revolver. jMARY CARR AGAIN ATCALIFORNIA TONIGHTtt2'd(ra“Over the Hill” will be seenagain at: California theatre to-night. Mary Carr is the lead i e• I
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Corona Daily Independent
Corona, California, US
Fri, Aug 13, 1926
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