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Show New Law Saves Man's Life. 7 Boise, Idaho. The passage of a small bill of 100 words by the elev- enth Idabo legislature has already saved one man, Robert Worth, alias Edward Smith, from the gr.llows for C murder and will determine the fate of others now on trial for murder in tho first degree. This little but extraor- ' dlnarlly important bill was Introduced J by Senator C. 11, I'otts of Kootenai county. It places In the hands of a trial Jury power to elect whether a defendant on trlul for murder in tho first degree shall hang or bo ImprU- rj oned In the state penitentiary for I.fe. |