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Jury Deliberates Overnight in Ely Murder Trial
The trial of 18 year old Charles W. Ely Jr. in Monahans ends a night and half a day of jury deliberation with the jury still out at noon Thursday. Ely faces a single charge of murdering Earl Burkett after an officer shot during a confrontation.
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Charles W. Ely, Jr
Jalboy
Jallad
Earl Burkett
Bill Eddins
Perce Nottingham
Winkler County
F. I. Dyer
Ward County
W. O. Rehmeyer
Sam T. Harrell
Clayton Jordan
Glenn Osburn
Wells
Helen Burkett
J. W. Burkett
Eddins
Nottingham
Ely
Dyer
Captain Wells
Charles Ely
Osborne
Burkett
Osburn
District Atorney
Wickett
Kermit Monahans
Wink