Show 0 condit sentenced to death by shooting death was the sentence read 0 a donald lawton condit 24 oi 0 acs angeles and parolee front from the san quentin prison the convicted murderer of harold arthur thorne salt lake city salesman on march 20 on the highway 10 miles west of cedar city the sentence was read liy by judge will L hoyt if the fifth judicial court this afternoon after a verdict of guilty was vas handed down by a 1 12 mari man jury on oil june 10 it is the judgement jud gement and sentence of this court that you shall suffer death by shooting on august at the utah state prison sentence passed by the court after entering the courtroom a copy of the information charging condit with murder in the first degree was read by the court A motion of appeal asking for a new trial was filed by defense attorney john moore williams of beaver who upon questioning by the court stated that the defense prepared I 1 to argue their points without first reading a transcript of the trial such stich transcript not being available I 1 at the time the motion was i 1 overruled over ruled and denied excerpts from the utah statutes were read to the defendant by the court stating that the penalty as is provided by law in the case of first degree murder was death unless the jury in rendering its verdict saw fit to recommend leniency which recommendation was in this case I 1 after reading the law to the defendant fen fr dant judge hoyt said the jury which was duly paneled em is convinced alff the court is convinced billat illat you yos 0 are guilty of in murder ilider in the first degree it is the judgement jud gement of this court that you shall suffer death the court then explained that the defendant may have his choice between hanging and shooting condit speaking through attorney torney williams chose shooting after which the date of execution was set j during the time sentence was be ing passed condit showed no outi ward signs of emotion except that ahe he was noticeably pale and upon hearing the sentence the remaining color drained from his face and he bowed his head immediately following final finiki passage of the sentence condit through his attorney filed an A affidavit of 1 and a notice of appeal asking that a transcript of the trial be made at state expense i to be viewed reviewed by the supreme court which was allowed by this acourt court this automatically delays the execution until after the state supreme court has met ana passed on the case i I 1 about fifteen minutes was all the time taken for the passing of sentence after which the court recessed subject to call following his being sentenced condit was remanded to the custody of acting sheriff wm will M dalton for incarceration in th eUtah state prison pending the execution of which dalton will have charge the back to salt accompanied latter was ace deputy sheriff S C lake city by larob lamb of iron county count y and deputy i sheriff J C scheib of salt lake county who accompanied dalton and lamb down with the prisoner |