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wer Fee, ‘ t ' Jasin directing Dr. W. L. Ja- Beckwith Tests 7 ‘Ordered red Halted Defense Attorneys Petition For Speedy Trial On Slaying Charge JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 1.— (UPI)—A state judge has ordered psychiatrists to stop their mental examination of Byron De La Beckwith, who, is charged with murdering Ne-! gro civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Circuit Judge O. H. Barnett of Carthage ordered the halt pending a hearing on charges that Beckwith is illegally and unconstitutionally held in the, nearby state mental hospital. The charges were made by def base attorneys in a petition| to judge Barnett for a writ o habeas corpus freeing Beck. with from the hospital in forder that he might be tried quickly for the June 12 sniper Slaying of Evers. _ Judge Barnett agreed to| conduct a hearing on the Pe tition at Carthage Aug. | He signed an order’ wed quith, the hospital director, to have Beckwith in court for the hearing and to refrain from! examining him in the mean- time. Jaquith said he would com-! ply with Judge Barnett’s order on advice of ‘the state attorney; general's office. Beckwith, 42, a segregation- jist from the Mississippi ‘Delta, ‘had been undergoing examina- ‘ties at the institution for one “WeeK, The examination was rdered by Circuit Judge Leon ‘Hendrick of Jackson on re-! quest of Dist. Atty: Williar Waller. Waller satd there wap| reason to believe Beckwita' WAS “mentally competent _LSubmitting Office: (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) ate ow — Py Ore OL Oren aS PE er nwo | . . “4 ake ¢ asead —— wowpnls, Leuuc: ° Dete: = mt eT Pal eos Edition: itosicsippl Author: Edttors preak oe AbaL Title: Character: or Classification: