Show Dance Director Trial rial Judge Hits Shift to Civil Court LOS ANGELES March 13 AP The AP-The The Busby Be Berkeley kelcy second degree murder case echoed today I in criticism fired by Superior Judge Charles S. S Bur Burnell ell at his transfer from criminal to civil trial duty In a three-page three mimeographed letter to his 49 associates in inthe I the county judicial system Judge Burnell charged chargi he had been warned w he would b be yanked yank d off oft Berkeley's second trial unless he heg g gave jave ve the screen dance director a break V t I An hour later Judge Burnell asserted asserted asserted as as- Presiding JUdge Edwin T. T Bishop and Presiding Judge-Elect Judge Douglas Douglas' L. L Edmonds visited him at his ils club last December 25 and In ln formed him of his transfer to the civil bench benc over his s pro protests Burnell BurneR said th the warning came from an anonymous telephone caller who told him You know very well you can fix up your Instruction Instruction instruction In in- and talk to the jury so 80 therell there'll be bo no danger of ot Busby getting getting getting get get- ting in ino a Jam jani The Tho jurist said zaid he lp then told the unidentified party where wh re ho could coule go Denying emphatically there had been any connection between the Berkeley case ease and Judge Burnell's Burnell transfer Judges Edmonds Edmonda and ant Bishop said the transfer was ordered ordered or or- dered l last t June but was postponed on on Judge request st V V |