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Show INSANE. WOMAlT I C0NDUCTSDEFENSE 1 - Oakland, Cal Aug 29 - H Edythe Newell, charged with beta .insane, tried her own case before f B Jury-ln-Judge Well's court yMterdr BE and lost It. She will be commC to ono of the state hospitals B Five physicians had declared Mi H Newell Insane, but she demanded a B Jury trial. In court It was found she C?ft had no attorney. -Sii Miss Newell refused to permit tha I court to appoint one for her, say.ng "I never was in a court of law be B foro In ray life, but I will now appear B in my own behalf and take m. B chances" Bjt She did not challenge any of the B Jurors as they were called but when B the witnesses came forward she took B part in examining them as to her on B sanity. flf Among the witnesses was her fa- B ther, Daniel E. Newell, whom she H accused of having tried to "railroad" B her to an asylum in order to avoid I having to support her. She was un- able, however, to break his testimony S that sho had been the victim for many B years of hallucinations. She examln- B ed also her brother, Minton H New- B ell, and a cousin. H |