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Show CONTROVERSY IN SCiJINO CASE District Attorney and Counsel for Defense Amue Over Reduction of Charge j At the arraignment tins morning In the district rourt of Jennie Scanllno. 16-year-old Italian girl, acmscd. of the fatal shootmK r.f Mike rermaln h isin. new complications arose which mark the ease as one of the most minced affairs to come before Wehcr county courts for many year. It was finally decided this morning that the girl is not to be charged vith murder in the second degree as contained con-tained in the information, but with voluntary manslaughter instead. n .i I JCPLAIXKD It was explained that the girl was bound over to the district court on information charging murder in the second degree, when, as a matter of f.ict, the juvenile court decided that ii.- rh.irgp should be voluntary manslaughter. man-slaughter. Despite the reduction of the Charge; the court file contained the murder charge ind District Attorney Attor-ney Joseph K. Bvans. planned U proceed pro-ceed upon this Information It was later discovered Hint the girl was bound over for manslaughter and Cue Juvenile court connrmed this to the district attorney. The reduction of the charge resulted result-ed in a heated argument between District Dis-trict Attorney K:in .Hid t.oIRe Jl.ji- rarson, a.tornej- for the girl, this morning. n posi i-i;i The dobats whs put to an end when Judge George B. Barker announced that the case would be postponed until un-til Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The girl did not enter her plea this morning morn-ing John ScardiriO and Josephine Scar-dlnV Scar-dlnV parents of the girl, are also held for the murder of Termaln. which occurred February 1$, 1910. The parent- will be dTralgned during the coming com-ing week. r-oo |