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Show t . . . . ptti?i QhTP-F TIIT' - : . Man 'Convicted-cf Murdcj ofliclicc Captain Brown ".. of Oidcn Wants a Third. Trial; Errors in Chaise : Alleged. . . , 1 '" ABE HAJ033. 7. The case of the State of "Utah. vs. Abraham R. Majors, or what is gen-; erafly known as the Abe Majors case, ' was the first on the docket to be beafd In the Supreme court at the opening , of the February term this morning. - ! This Is the second time this case has , been before the Supreme court. . 1 The" Crime Charged." : , 1 Majors, or Jarnea . Morgan, as the name appears In the original information. informa-tion. Is alleged to have shot and killed William "AV Browru ' Captain of ' Police, at Ogdeni oiv Aprtl SO. 1SS3.I- ' ' .. . 'At'the second trial "of the. defendant;" from .which .this appeal is .taken. Majors was found guilty of murder In the second sec-ond ' degree and sentenced to life Imprisonment Im-prisonment In the penitentiary. : , On -the. ground of errors committed In. the progress of the trial fcaAaBt asks. that the verdict be set aside and he be granted a new trial. ' ' 1 t Case Is ArgTied. . Attorneys A. J. Weber and Frederick McGurrln argued the matter for the j defendant, and W. R. White, Deputy I Attorney-General, made the arguments for the State. The Majors' case is one of the' most Important in the criminal history of Utah. . " |