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Grayson Bar To Conduct Mock Trial SHERMAN, Texas tSp.b - Theiactual case from Texas court!Judge Lester C. Newman and .lo Grayson County Bar Association files, The student jurors will Crawford as defense attorneys 15 an educational project will bring in a verdict based mainly stage a mock trial Friday at the on circumstantial evidence after Collinsville High School audi-,hearing witnesses and legal argu- tnrium with 12 Collinsville l-ligh,ments. School students comprising the The trial was arranged by Paul lury. Anderson, Collinsville superintend- Attorneys, peace officers andfent. Trial principals will include Collinsville teachers will play1l5th District Court Judge R.. C. roles in the trial. The program,lVaughan as presiding judge, titled Trial by Jury-U.S.A. will1County Attorney Dean Martin as last six hours and is based on anprosecutorg County Court at Law TO -- Johnny Burleson as detective an Robert Sanford as physician. Wit nesse will be portrayed by Collins ville teachers. We made the Dallas Newsl FIFTEENTH .ll'lJlLTlAL DISTRICT COURT OF GRAYSCIN COUNTY. TEXAS Summons For Special Venire YOLJ ARE illiltlflii SUlv1A1ONEli to APPEAR BEFORE THE IIONORAULE FIF l'EENl'll .IUDICAI DISTRICT COURT Ol-' GRAYSON COl.N'l Y, Ti-:XA5 l'NI THE HIGH SCIIOOI. AIJDIFORIUM 1N'i'Hl-. CITY Ulf COLLlNSl.ll.l.l'I. ON 'i t 1' - -to lusts rm. t.- sr a s,.s.1..i vt-2.1 - The Trial An Eventful Day MR. PAUL ANDERSON, Super- intendent of Collinsville School, whose hours of planning, miles of traveling, and hours of hard work made this exception- al opportunity available to high school students in this area. The trial was by far the most outstanding event of the school year. Losing Football Coach Winner As 'Defendant' at Mock Trial The Defendant The Trial Lawyers square off COLLINSVILLE - Maybe there! is hope for the losing footballl coach after all. One was deten- dant in a murder trial here Friday and was acquitted by a jury that included members of his losing Collinsville iootball team of the 1961 season. The defendant in the mock trial was R. S. George. A jury oi 12 Collinsville high school students heard the testimony presented by practicing attorneys and returned a verdict of not guilty after delib- eration of 45 minutes. The occasion was an observ- ance of Law Day, and the pro- gram was designated to acquaint high school students with process- es of the law in a court case. The program, Trial by Jury- U. S. A., was based on an actual court case from Texas trial rec- ords. None of the participants, i.n- cluding several members of the Grayson County Bar Association, knew how the jury ruled in the actual case. 400 Persons ln Auditorium The Collinsville auditorium was the courtroom. with the partici- included approximately 400 per- sons, including students from Col-I linsville, S a d l e r - SoutlirnaycL Whitesboro, Whitewi-ight and Gun- ter. ' Mr. George played the role of John Charles Smith, accused of murder with .malice in the death of his wife. All evidence present- ed was circumstantial in nature. Paul Anderson, Collinsville sup- erintendent, termed the trial a -distinct success. There was tre- lmendous interest on the part of the students, he said. This was a new and interesting experience for them. The acquittal was based, the the fact that the jury said, on .-..l.1.e. evidence was not circumstantial strong enough to warrant convic- tion. . Members of ward Stevens, Schroder, Mike Pilcher, Stanley Kemp, Sue Hite Vannoy, Myrtle Cheatham Vannoy, Janet Hite, Bill Fulmer, Mary Camey, Cedel- la Sebastian, Marily Sloan and Sandra Tuck. Another s tu d e ll t, !Vicki Simpson, served as courtl the jury were Ed- ioreman, Carolyn Two other Collinsville teacher ioined Mr. George in the cas' They were Mrs. L. M. Combs an Milton Pearce, who portrayed neighbor of the victim anfcc '- -rker of the defendant. Judge R. C. Vaughan of 151 District Court was the trlal judg County Attomey Dean Martin ar his assistant. Richard Pennel were pnosecuters. Defense atto fleys were Lester C. N e w m a Judge of the county court at lar and Joe Crawford, Denison atto hey. i Others with parts were Deput Sheriff Oscar Lyons Jr., bail-if 'lohflnt' Burleson, investigating r ficer: attorney Robert Sanford, a Wldmg Physician: and depu district clerk Mrs. Shirley Davi court clerk. Neilson ROBQI1 was narrato who gave the audience bac, Zr0und of the can and explains actions at several instances du U18 the proceedings. He led almigfild Hngnanswer session thi e w 'e the ' ing its decision. Jury wal ma I i