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Show JUDGE OVERRULES JQIIQilS Of PIETZ HAY WARD, Wis.,' May . John Diets bags his defease at th opening of court today, ia th trial of himself, him-self, his wife aad son, Leslie, for th murder of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp. - Tka first move was a request tkat tk court discharge all three defendants on th ground that their guilt bad not been proved beyond a reaeoaable doubt. Judge Jteid asked if there war say arguments. Diets, addressing tha court, said It had bean admitted - by two deputies that they eon Id have fired th fatal shots. H sdded that ono maa'a body full metal ease bullet. Tha eonrt da nied thi motion aad taea Dials .moved th discharge of the jury, declaring that they might b persecuted by tbe lumber trust if they rendered a fevor able verdict. The motioa waa overruled. over-ruled. Th defense began ita showing with the testimony of Michael Haverly, a settler who uvea aaar th Diats farm. |