Mrs. Ella Jenkins, Deputy Marshal of the court, then entered the witness box. She said she was appointed to her post on September 16, 1940, and tha; defendant became a bailiff of the court on January T this year, and Deputy Marshal on March 1 and had charge of the court's armoury since he was bailiff. Witness was then questioned at some length regarding inventories of the armoury of the court, after which Mr. Shields submitted that the prosecution had established a prima facie case following the inclusion of evidence that certain guns were missing fróm the armoury. burden of proof, he said, was on lat as custodian of tHe armoury to show how the weapons had come into the ion of thiel parties.
Mr. Kops at this stage strenuously objected to questions put by the District Attorney. ess rare missing. objections were
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