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	Judge Sets New Trial Date for Evangelist Alamo KFSM October 31, 2008 http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=9269052 TEXARKANA - A federal judge has moved a trial for jailed evangelist Tony Alamo to Feb. 2. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes issued an order Thursday moving the date of the trial, which was to begin Nov. 19. In his order, Barnes said that "the ends of justice served by the granting of the continuance outweighs the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial." In court papers filed Tuesday, attorneys for Alamo said they needed more time to prepare. Prosecutors filed a motion saying they did not object to the request. A federal magistrate last week ordered Alamo held pending trial after a four-hour hearing in which witnesses described beatings overseen by Alamo and said he'd taken young girls as his wives. Alamo, 74, is charged with violating the Mann Act and aiding and abetting a violation of the act. If convicted, Alamo could be sentenced to life in prison.
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