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Testimony in the Dallas trial of 22-year-old Robert E. Hatfield comes to a close. The case is expected to go to the jury after County Criminal Judge Fitzhugh presents the charge to the jury tomorrow morning. Hatfield today testified he took part in a shouting, cat-calling demonstration against United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson last October. Hatfield said he walked up to Stevenson, shouted the word "traitor" and spat in Stevenson's face. The testimony by Hatfield was designed to show that he did not spit on Officer L.R. Larsen who was escorting Stevenson. Hatfield is accused of aggravated assault on Officer Larsen who said yesterday that Hatfield spat on him. There is no charge against Hatfield in connection with the ambassador. Hatfield was part of a large crowd demonstrating against the ambassador following a United Nations Day .Aprogram at Memorial auditorium Stevenson also was struck by a placard during the demonstration. ####
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the trial of Robert E. Hatfield that comes to a close.
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