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Fighting editor on trial for manslaughter after Las Vegas incident
Carl Magee, famed fighting editor of New Mexico, goes on trial in Las Vegas for manslaughter following a 1925 shooting that killed John B Lassiter during an assault by Magee's rival Judge D J Leahy. The six year political battle culminates as Magee faces justice.
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New Mexico
Oklahoma
Alburquerque Morning Journal
Albert B. Fall
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the Independent
New Mexico State Tribune
Justice Parker
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Senate Investigation Committee
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