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Show JURYMEN TOLD lllPlfl Misunderstanding Results in Continuance of Baker Hessler Case Through a miaundersta ndiug In the notification of jurors in the case of the state against Mavis Baker, charged with intent to commit murder for the alleged Shooting of Herbert llesslei. rW6 Jurors did not appear this morning' morn-ing' when the court convened at "10 1 o'clock. Judgii A R Pratt continued the case until 2 o'clock this afternoon. after-noon. It wart explained Rial the sheriff's office i-ed been ordered to notify Jurors Jur-ors other t huu " were silting in the! BaKel - . not to appear Ihls morning. morn-ing. Thrpugh a misunderstanding, two jurors. Edmund T Saunders and diaries ll. Storey, v. ho have been in, the Baker case, were notified instead of the other jurors who were not to he used. At o'clock the courtroom was: crowded with spectators and witnesses and after u twenty-minute wait Judge Pratt announced postponement of thei case until this afternoon. A large number of spectators were presenl thul morning, apparently waiting wait-ing to hear the testimony of Mr Rak-j or, who was scheduled to go on the stand today. It WPS hoped that the case might go to the Jury this afternoon after-noon but on scooont of the delay it Is probable that tomorrow will 1ih con-stinn con-stinn .1 The session yesterday aft, i noon dW not bring an) important testimony, the witness) s i.illeil by the defens,. confining confin-ing their testimony to statements regarding re-garding Baker's Character and standing stand-ing in the community in which b.-lived b.-lived Severs! character witnesses were called nnd declared Baker had been a unlet a ml law-abiding citizen prior to the shooting which took place on the Halter farm March ? OOO |