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Show EXPERIENCE TROUBLE IN SECURING JURY MANASSAS. V.1., r-.-c. Difficulty in ohtaii.ii. a sati?:'af iorv j-J ry delayed pro-r.:.Iiuu's" pro-r.:.Iiuu's" whc.i Wiilhr.n G. flail, prohibl-' t io;i inspc-clor, i"-cused of murder, went on trinl here today. H was exj ected thai the enire of thirty-six men would prove inrde;i;:atp, in view of the general til-ciision til-ciision of the case and the widespread feeling .'ininst the defendant in this section. sec-tion. Pfnionstrations against Hall and hi ; deputif-s when they were anaigin:d at Winch. -si r last fall ca;:Md local officials of-ficials to take every precaution against' similar occurrences during the trial here. Hal, who is accused of having killed Lawrence Hudson and Raymond Shackelford Shackel-ford during a revolver duel between the iwo men and an automobile load of prohibition pro-hibition Inspectors last March, will make self-defense his plea. He will claim that the first shots fired came from the car occupied by Hudson and Shackelford. Hall was tried on the same charge last September, Sep-tember, the jury being unable to reach a verdict. The officer claims the men killed were engaged in illicit whisky traffic. |