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Show U GRAND JURY CASES APPEAR ON COURT LIST Veniremen Examined at January Session of Tribunal Opens A charge of appropriating money ta hie owa use, pending In Third district court against lewll Ipssa, farmer state lead board cashier, and another charge of misuse of public moneys, pending pend-ing la the same court against George A. Flaher, former land board secretary, were dismissed Tuesday by Diatrict Judge Oeear , W. MeConkia. Action was taken an msttoa of prosaoufioa, based an lack of evidence, ' Starting with examination of ITS v i..!-nwn and rsarrangement of tha criminal trial calendar, Including In-cluding 14 cases based on lost year's grand Jury investigation, the January Janu-ary term of Third district court epened Tuesday. . Preaiding Judge Allen G. Thur-msn Thur-msn devoted himself to examining prospective Jurors. tt Defendants Judge Oscar W. McConkle. newly new-ly assigned as praaidng Jurist in criminal division of the court, dealt with tha criminal calendar which liated 41 untried defendants. Ths list included 14 defendants who bavs appealed from lower courts. All grand Jury casss wars tentatively tenta-tively set for next week, except two. The two not set ware pending pend-ing against Powell I peon, former acting state land board cashier, and George A. Fisher, former stats land board secretary. Both were to be considered Ister Tuesday by Judge MeConkia and counsel for both sides, Should Bo First These grand Jury cases should be disposed of first," said Judge McConkle, directing his remarks to District Attorney Calvia W. Bowlings, Brighant E. Roberts, assistant as-sistant district attorney, and Beverly Bev-erly 8. Clendenin, apeclal prosecutor prosecu-tor named by the ettorney general. While all criminal caaes were tentatively ten-tatively set for January to follow fol-low each other in order of listing an ths calendar. Judge McConkle made It emphatic that grand Jury eaaea will "have the right of way" over other pending cases. He added add-ed that at least two divisions of ths court will bs available for try- Ing grand Jury esses. |