The Battalion 1 Ill-. LJ /\ 1 I 1, 1 W IN Jn '§2, %¥m? 1 r" '' Wednesday Williamson’s campaigning at trial causes conflict AUSTIN (AP) — Campaigning to prospective jurors at a murder trial got Republican attorney general hopeful Barry Williamson sent out of the room by the judge and criti cized by his runoff opponent. “I tell you what. Barry’s lucky the judge didn’t hold him in contempt and put him in jail,” rival lohn Cornyn said Tuesday. “That kind of a blunder is one that not even a novice lawyer would make.” Williamson showed up in Llano, where 280 prospective jurors were gathered Monday for the capital murder trial of Bobby Wayne Woods of Granbury, who is charged in the abduction and slaying of an 11- year-old girl. Williamson shook hands with prospective jurors and handed out literature until District Judge Tom Crum sent word that he did not want him in the room. Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, said Williamson made a serious mistake. “Every lawyer and really every cit izen understands the sanctity of the jury. And to invade the jury process for partisan political gain I think just shows crass insensitivity,” he said. Williamson led the March GOP primary with 38 percent of the vote. Cornyn got 32 percent. The winner next Tuesday faces Democrat Jim Mattox, a former attorney general, in November. Williamson spokesman Eric Bearse defended the candidate and again attacked Cornyn for holding two court posts simultaneously — on the Supreme Court and a judicial administrative job in San Antonio. “The worst thing you can say is that Barry aggressively shook some hands while John Cornyn shook down the taxpayers drawing two salaries,” Bearse said. “This cam paign’s in good shape.” Cornyn said the Llano incident reinforces his contention that C[ a i i 20 0 0 Class of 2000 Week is April 13 th - April 16 th @ Rudder Fountain If you like free stuff, this is your week!! (Wear your pullout T-shirts Monday!) v WE HAVE A GROWING APPiflTl FO d •> J Jason's deli is experiencing tremendous growth with our national expansion, creating excellent opportunities in College Station for graduating Seniors to become Managers. 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The newspaper quoted Williamson as saying he saw noth ing wrong with campaigning in the makeshift courtroom at the Ameri can Legion post, which was being used because Llano’s regular court room wasn’t large enough. Race for lieutenant governor going VVed DALLAS (AP) — De mocrat John Sharp on Tuesday challenged Re publican Rick Perry, his opponent for lieutenant governor, to release fed eral income tax returns. During a debate before the Texas and Southwest ern Cattle Raisers Associ ation convention, Sharp called on Perry to make public his IRS returns for the past seven years. “Let’s take our income tax returns and put them on the table,” he said. Sharp, state comptrol ler since 1991, said Perry needed to disclose how he became a millionaire since being elected agriculture commissioner in 1991. Perry did not respond to the call during the de bate, but campaign spokesman Ray Sullivan said Perry will disclose those document after the April 15 tax-filing deadline. 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