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Youth, 18, Convicted In SlayingRobert Marshall, 18. 816 15th Ave., Middletown, was found guilty of second degrae murder early Saturday by a jury in the ; fatal shooting cf a 19-year-old Middletown v’outh after a five-day trial before Judge Fred B. Cramer in Butler County Com-* mon Pleas Court.1 Deliberating nearly seven and a half hoars, the 12-man f jury found Marshall not guilty i of first degree murder as charg-* ed in the indictment but return-1 ed the second dcgrte verdict - which carries a mandatory life -sentence.Placed In JailJudge Cramer ordered the-defendant taken to the Butler i County jail. Marshall had been j free on $30,000 bond since a month after his arrest by Defective Harold May of the Buffer County sheriff’s office.I Judge Cramer delayed sen-5 fencing the defendant until Wed-. nesday The postponement was agreed upon with defense attorneys in order to give them* time to file a bond appeal with the Court of Appeals.1 Marshall was charged with , the shooting death June 29, 1969 of Wayne Randall Chester, 4312 Vannest Ave., at the Some j Place Cafe, S. Main St., Middletown, following a fight involving a number of youths. Steve Wagers, 19, 3214 River Road, Fairfield, was wounded by a knife in the melee by a compan-ion of Marshall.Weapon Missing! The shotgun which was used I, in the killing was never found.|»| The jury began deliberations i* at 5 p.m. Friday and at 12:22 c “ a.m. Saturday arrived at a ver-I diet. cThe defendant was represent- \ ed by Ron Morgan and Walter c Houston, both of Cincinnati. The state was represented by Rich- ( 1(jiard J. Wessel, county prosecut-a-! ing attorney, and John F. Hoi- f n.jComb, assistant prosecutor. , t_ Jurors were Charles Mead- r is ows, 991 Corliss Ave., Ernest * Byrd, 2636 Freeman Ave., fore- ( man, Hubertus Speessen, 292 N v Webster Ave., Joe M. Nichol, 3050 Nichol Road, Hubert Hogg, . 84 Rockford Drive, and David lt;ie Lancaster, 1770 Reigert Road, , _ all of Hamilton; Robert McMa i hon, 920 Hicks Blvd., Elmer Myers, 3430 Sandstone Drive, and Mark Brunner, 4520 E. Riv- , er Road, all of Fairfield; Roger L. Dennis, 411 S. Front St., Trenton; and L. J. Juengling, 4309 Rosedale Road, and Donald E. Hall, 3722 Amity Lane, Middletown. Alternate was Leo ; Hutchison, 3104 Barbara Drive,I Middletown.
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Hamilton Daily News Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Jan 31, 1970
Page 33
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