Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contempt of court hearing before Judge McGee in Fort Worth against the Tarrant County Crime Commission and the Fort Worth Star Telegram; the case is an outgrowth of the Clarence Louden murder case, and has to do with the Star Telegram publishing a criticizing article from the Crime Commission's newsletter, which caused Judge McGee to dismiss a jury panel in the trial of co-defendant Jack Mackin. The Star Telegram charges are dismissed, and after a conference, Tom Law makes a statement that while not in …
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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contempt of court hearing before Judge McGee in Fort Worth against the Tarrant County Crime Commission and the Fort Worth Star Telegram; the case is an outgrowth of the Clarence Louden murder case, and has to do with the Star Telegram publishing a criticizing article from the Crime Commission's newsletter, which caused Judge McGee to dismiss a jury panel in the trial of co-defendant Jack Mackin. The Star Telegram charges are dismissed, and after a conference, Tom Law makes a statement that while not in contempt, that it's publication was "ill-timed"; the charges are dismissed.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Contempt hearing],
script,
November 24, 1961;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc976077/:
accessed July 9, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.