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Show DISTRICT COURT TRIALSSET OFF Continuances Ordered by Presiding Judge Formal continuance of the trial of remaining grand jury cases to March 27 and definite assignment of the trials to Judgs Oscar W. Me-Conkie's Me-Conkie's di vision of Third -district court wss ordered Monday by Presiding Pre-siding Judgs Allen G. Thurman. The order waa made after 24 witnesses wit-nesses subpenaed by the state responded re-sponded before Judgs Thurman and ware excused because of ths necessity neces-sity for continuing ths trial date. Thirteen other wltnessss ' who failed to respond to their names when read in court by Brigham E. Roberts, assistant district attorney, will bs investigated by the prosecutor's prosecu-tor's office to determine what excuse. ex-cuse. If sny, they had for failing to appear. Eight of ths missing witnesses wsrs pollct officers. Five were classed as "civilian" witnesses. "Before any bench warrant is issued is-sued for police officers ths court desires the district attorney's office to investigata carefully to determine deter-mine whether they bad a reasonable excuse for failing to appear," said Judgs Thurman. "However, you need not make aay exhaustive investigation inves-tigation In that respect. The burden bur-den is upon them." . Te other witnesses present Judge Thurman said, in au be lance: "You must bs present in Judge McConkle's division of this court March 27 at 10 a. m. and you are now excused of any further obligation obliga-tion under ths subpsna until that hour." |