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Show ILLIONIS GOV. TO BE TRIED SOON April Seventeenth is Date Set For Trial of Chief Executive WauUegan, 111. Governor Len Small will face trial for alleged conspiracy con-spiracy to embezzle before Judge C. C. Edwards of Lake county court on Monday, April 17. Agreement on the date of the trial was reached during the conference held in the court's chamber Thursday morning during which the defense accepted ac-cepted the plan of Judge Edwards for the selection of a new jury array. This plan embraces the selection of the jury by taking every fourth name on the Lake county polling lists to permit the committee of three to carry out the work of drawing a new jury array. ar-ray. Judge Edwards announced agree-men agree-men of defense counsel to his proposal propo-sal after the conference had been in session from 10 o'clock Thursday-morning. Thursday-morning. Announcement of the agreement agree-ment was made at 11 :80- A committee of three citizens was appointed who will draw the jury array ar-ray from the polling lists as of the election of 1020, including all voters. In this manner the objection of the defense that the entire voting population popula-tion was not included In the last drawing draw-ing will be obviated. |