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S , - (comment on the case. Twa Superior Judge. Adolph . (Alexander set Noy, 11 for ; Watson's formal sentenc- ing. In a Hall of Justice courtroom, meanwhile, Manson's guilt or in- nocence in the 1969 mur- | ders of musician. Gary | Hinman and ranch hand ' Donald (Shorty) Shea was : Placed in the hands of a jury. ° Keith, who joined with ‘ Atty.” ‘Sam Bubrick in | Watson's defense, said he , Was’"upset and: downcast” | by the Watson verdict. © : "T felt Tex had a good . chance," said Keith, "but I . waa wrong." Dep. Dist. Attys. Vincent \T. Bugliosi and Stephen | Kay said;they felt that the verdict reflects the con- 1 science of the community of seven million persons. "This is the final page ,and the final chapter in ‘ _the Tate-La Bianca case," ( said Bugliosi, "and I think , we can all’go home now." | Manson Prosecutor Bugliosi also was the prosecutor of..Manson. and three female members of his’ cult in a 914-months' trial which ended last April in death sentences for them in. the same hom- icides, The jurors—six men and six women — refused to of. the wonien, however, broke down ‘and. cried as’, they returned to the jury. room after the verdict. Alexander told the jur- ors that in all his years as a lawyer and. a judge he had "never seen a more gucepegnd conscientious jury."