New Britain herald., 1925-03-27
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 Continued from First Page) trial. not to be outdone by the first three. was another noteworthy one in the matter of smashing precedents in the superior court. For the first time in history. . motion was made to the court to exclude all witnesses, except the one testifysng. from the courtroom during the course Of ex- aminations.
 The motion was made by Judge -Soehl. senior defense counsel, while he was crossexaminins Miss Bourne, after she had identified Chapman as the man she had seen in the show room at the motor company two nights previous to the theft of Lln- coln machine.
 In making his motion, Judge aroehl said that he felt that listen ing to the rossexaminations would be of value to following witnesses as they could guide themselves by the answers given by the others. He said that 1t would be only just and fair to the accused man to accept this procedure.
 Judge Jennings denied the motion at that time and said he would take it under consideration. He said that he had heard of that being done in cases. but had never been confronted with the necessity of deciding one.
 Taking the bench after recess. the court announced it's denial of the motion and ,Groehi ordered an exception noted in the record.
 The exception was the third ma- ior one to be taken by the defense and which will form the basis for an appeal If the verdict of the jury is against the defendant.
 Father With Shean.
 When court opened at 10:30' o'clock this morning all the witness es who will be called upon testify in the case were present, including Walter F. Shean, Chapmans alleged partner, who made his first appear- ance in court since the opening of the trial
 Considerable interest surrounded the arrival of Shean as, for the first time since his arrest last October 12, his father, Charles T. Shean, wealthy Springfield hotel owner, was with him. The father and son chatted to- gttler almost continually. and only on few occasions did they display Interest in the proceedings.
 Chapman seemed amused when William Hance with whom he lived st Wheaton, Ind, on occasions last year, took the witness stand and told his story. When called upon to stand to have witnesses identify him, he wore a rather bored expression. On two occasions he arose to be identi- fled before the state attorney had opportunity to request him to do so. Miss Larson Not Cross Examined
 Miss Edith Larson was called to tho stand but Judge Groehl did not wish to question her.
 James H. Sneider of Steubenville, was next called. He stated that he was engaged in the sales and service. s} H.,
 He said that he lad car of the typo found fin this city in his show room. A clash between Mir. Alcorn and Judge Groehl over the intro duction of photo of the sales room occurred. MT. Alcorn said that he would connect it with the case and Judge Jennings admit ted if.
 sneider continued that the car later stolen was in tho show room.
 Mir. Alcorn introduced what was identified by Sneider as the original invoice for a our-passehger phaeton car. The motor and car numbers were read from It as being 10259.
 A deal for the sale of the car was made on April 5, 1924 and the car was equipped for running.
 He said on Saturday evening about 10 o'clock man came into the place 10 look at car. He had a bookkeeper, Miss Bourne, and they went home together. When he returned on Monday, the car was gone. It had been taken from the showroom. @st
 He saw the same car Tuesday of last week for the first time since 1t was missing.
 The defense had no questions to usll him. ..- }-.-.
 Girl Identifies Chapman
 Miss Bourne was the next wit ness. She saidthat she remembered having a car of the type described in the showroom, the picture of which sha Identified.
 She remembered a man coming to the place on Saturday night, two days before the auto was stolen. She thought he was in the courtroom.
 She pointed out Chapman as the man who was there except that she thought he had moustache then. Chapman stood up for identiflca- ton.
 She said he came in in hurried manner and, after trying the ham, dle of the door, and finding it locked asked if it was kept locked and when answered in the affirma- tive, he answered. That's a damn good way to keep it,'
 She said that when she went to work Monday, the car WAS gone She saw the same car for the first