[News Script: Simmons] Page: 3 of 6
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SOUND ON FILM COMING:
MAN ON CAMERA:
ROLL SILENT FILM:
Because of Simmonst confinement in Mexico
and some other reasons, the old auto theft case
in Fort Worth was dismissed in 1967. However,
still outstanding is a Texas warrant for Simmons'
arrest since his last escape from the hospital'.
Today, district attorney Coffey explained
Texas law as now applicable to Simmons' mental
condition.TAKE SOUND ON FILM:
(1:12)
OUTCUE: "...COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE
RIGHT NOW."-30--
COFFEY
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Simmons], script, April 9, 1969, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1080984/m1/3/?q=%22Government+and+Law+-+Law+Enforcement+-+Jails+and+Prisons%22: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.