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A full-fledged mock trial round up with a hung jury at HS Friday, but a shaky ac complice spilled the beans with confession. »» Members of the civics classes of Burk McGreevy and Del bert Derrett, after a study of the Texas court system, staged a mock district court trial com plete with everything from prosecutors to a bailiff. The two faculty members or the students a bareout ine to go by. The actual trial, including the arguments by the district attorney and the de fense counsel, were produced by the students. The events started — with Janice Ellis being charged with the theft of an adding machine from the school in ‘Tiger town.” She was then indicted by a 12-member grand jury. Next, the RHS auditorium stage became a district court room, and the trial was on. The cast included: Jeanne Moehring, district at torney; Pam Love, assistant DA; Frank Haley and Tommy Bennett, defense attorneys; Miss Ellis, the defendant; Ron nie Brannon, sheriff; George Weems, deputy; Darlene Cum bie, John Guillete and Robert Simank, witnesses; Charles Robinson, bailiff; Mary Bess Greenwood and Margie Crump, clerks; Carl Brockman, accom plice; McGreevy, judge; Helen Ditmar, court reporter. The jurors were Karen An derson, Lola Dymke, Paul Freeman, Patricia Brocken bush, Christine Baccus, Pat Rutherford, Edwin Voss, Dickie Summers, Mary McQuinn, Pat Hight, Alice Ottmer and Kay Sargent. Both the defense attorneys and the prosecutors apparently provided sound cases, for after the deliberation the jury was hung However, the accomplice, Brockman, came through with a confession. Both Brockman and Miss Ellis had been in dicted, but only Miss Ellis was on trial. The mock trial was conduct ed Wednesday through Friday. The grand jurors were Lynne Tyler, foreman; Mary Mc Quinn, Kathy Green, Christine Baccus, Pat Rutherford, Margie Crump, Ronney Seelke, Karen Anderson, Lola Dymke, Ken neth Galbreath, Paul Freeman, and Gerald Criddle,
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Rockdale Reporter and Messenger
Rockdale, Texas, US
Thu, May 09, 1963
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