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78 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1870 Mr. Zimmers: A double-barrelled Stevens shot- gun, which bears serial number 438312 .... Mr. Haas: Could we have a stipulation, your Honor, that this weapon was taken on the raid by George Jones? Mr. Witkowski [attorney for defendants]: Yes. The Court: So stipulated ... Let the record show that counsel has so agreed. Mr. Witkowski: Yes, your Honor. Several days later Haas again presented the Jones shotgun to Zimmers on the witness stand. Mr. Haas: And is that the item, RZ51, the double standard sawed-off shotgun which we have shown you earlier, sir? Mr. Zimmers: ... Yes, this is the one. Mr. Haas: And it has been stipulated that this is the weapon that was carried by Officer Jones on the raid of December 4, 1969. At that point defense counsel objected. The judge said he would hear the objection outside the presence of the jury. Attorney John P. Coghlan, defense counsel, then argued that the defendants had never entered into a stipulation using the word “raid.” He accused Haas of a “deliberate, wilful and intentional attempt to prejudice the jury.” Haas said that his statement about the stipula- tion was accurate. At that point Taylor asked for a recess so that the transcript could be inspected. The judge denied the request. When the jury returned to the courtroom, the judge announced: “Mr. Haas has deliberately and wilfully mis- read a statement. I direct you [Haas] to read that state- ment, that stipulation, corrected.” Haas said he had stated the stipulation correctly. The judge then asked Coghlan to “state the stipulation correctly.” Coghlan ex- temporized: Mr. Coghlan: The stipulation is that the weapon that was shown to the witness was one of the weapons carried by the officers serving a search warrant at 2387 W. Monroe. The Court: Now that isit....