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VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT IN STATECASEDirected Verdict Freeing Oscar Christensen of Charges.Th* cm* of th* 8Ut* of Iowa v*. Oscar' Chrlataiuien. Indicted by the grand Jury on a charge of manslaughter when the car he was dTirlng crashed Into the abutment of a bridge In cut Dakota City and resulted In the death of Miss Virginia Lansing of Bode, camo to trial Tuesday of this week.After the evidence had been heard the defense moved for a directed verdict acqnltUng Christensen and It was granted. Such verdict* are given when the prosecution. which In tht* case was the atate, falls to ehow evidence. In th* opinion or the court, sufficient to sustain the chargee brought In th* Indictment.
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Humboldt Republican
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Fri, Oct 25, 1935
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