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Large CrowdsAttend TrialOf C. PickettK'early 100 spectators and wit* *s were on hand for the secondti .«• ring in the murder trial of C r 0. Pickett, 42, of Windfall.Pit * *. . i charged w ith second degree htufuer in the d;ath of Mrs.Margaret L. Smith. She was killedlast May 10 by a shotgun.A 12-member jury composed ofeight men and four women waschosen Monday. Witnesses appearing Monday and early Tuesday in-clut’ d county Coroner, ChesterMorris and city policemen, Harry; Plake and James Pratt. Early testimony appeared slated to establish the actual death of Mrs. Smith at• sber home at 832 N. Indep. Morris testified that the woman diedfrom wounds from pellets from a.410 gauge shotgun which enteredthe back of her head. The policeo'Ccers testified that the body was found in the kitchen of the|i home on Indep. stre t shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday May 10.!:They also testified that the accused was found bleedine from woundsin his chest left side, that thewounds were apparently inflicted by the same gun which killed Mi's.Smith.:The case for the statj is being-1 presented by acting* pros, ‘cutor.Loren Joe Heaton. Heaton replaced 1; regular prosecutor Stanley Her-ibert since H rbert had earlier1 worked in establishing a defense:■ for Pickett. Pickett is being de-l fended by the Cook. Cook Bailiff I j and Mahoney firm of Kokomo.r i The Junior and Senior members ; of th? business law class of Tipton high school were among the spectators at the trial Tuesday.
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Tipton Daily Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Tue, Mar 03, 1959
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