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TATE FATE INHANDS OF JURY!iState Ask* First DegreeVerdict In SlayingOf Dave HenleyAt HelenThe criminal court jury in the1Itrial of JamTate, Helen miner.i1charged with fatally shooting aineighbor, Dave Henlev last October 1, deliberated for nearly twohours last night without reachinga verdict, and Judge Clay S. Crouse adjourned them over un-tii 8 30 thi* morning for further dehherat ion.They reported thcv stood 11 to oneFinal evidence in the two-dav-a-'old murder trial, being heard for the second time, was concludedshortly after noon yesterday, with all of yesterday afterneon being ven over to the court’s ins true*tinns to the jury and final aigu-ments of the attorneys.The iu»*y retired after supper jand pondered the evidence until 9 o’clock last night, when Judge 11 Crouse ordered then to retire for the night,* Juror IIIft ,Tl, Iruere was a slight interruption i in the trial vesterdav afternoon Mwhen one juror Larkin Gunter became lightly :1! and Dr, J, M. j'%Coram, count} health officer, was 'summoned to administer a sedative.Prosecuting Attorney Ned HHagiand and Special Prosecutor Fletcher Mann asking for a verdict of first degree murder, pointed out in then c losing arguments that overwhelming e\ idence in the Cnse showed that Tate strode outof his house and fired five shots a? Henlev without piovocation.Twelve eye-witnesses can e before you and - a id that this man!shot poor Dave Henley down with- :out provocation, declared Ragland. Hr (Tate) strode out on his1 porch, said, ‘What the hell’s all * this ruck us about,’ and shot down I Henley before he even had time i an e i * ' • : th# pri c . - jtor.Defence Attorney J. LeonardBaer, who paused to wipe his(Continued on Pag#* 10)(
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Wed, Jan 21, 1942
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