Show JURORS JUSTiFY DEFENSE OF SElF Questions Show Salt Lakers Believe Homicide Is Sometimes Some Sometimes Sometimes times Excusable will be the plea of John a Greek who was placed on trial before Judge T D Lewis yesterday on a charge of murder in the first de desree degree degree gree sree for tor killing Peter Getis GeUs at Dec 23 1905 1903 All of yesterday was taken up in obtaining a Jury and when court closed last night the following seven ju iu jurors jurors had been accepted James K n Has Haslam Haslam Haslam lam 26 North Fifth West street Edward EdwardH H II Fletcher 1120 Browning avenue Charles W V Symons Gi East Fifth South street Francis A Naylor East Third South street Herbert F Savage 29 South Main street D E Law 1950 South State street Georg George H Thaxton North Jor Jordan Jordan Jordan dan That Salt Lakers believe In striking back In was shown from the answers of the Interrogated by byS byS byS S A King attorney for All AH said they believed a man would be justified Jus Justified justified in striking back when he lie was as assailed assailed assailed sailed They believed in some cases casesa a man Is Justified In defending himself I even if he kills his assailant E O 0 Leatherwood assistant district at attorney attorney attorney torney represented the state assisted by Carl A Badger There had been trouble previous to the fatal shooting between and Getis GeUs The state avers that was often otten the aggressor On Dec 23 the defense claims Getis started the trouble and fired first at wounding him then shot and an killed Getis GeUs None of the men in the Jury box ex expressed expressed pressed led himself against a man who when threatened with death killed another man but one or two declared they were against the death penalty for murder A large number of Greeks from Bingham Bing Bingham ham and Salt Lake with two or three Interpreters were at the trial The state made four peremptory chal challenges challenges challenges lenges and the defense seven seen Examina Examination tion of Jurors took up the entire day |