Show tC C HANCOCK AND 3PEAELANE r The Former Gets Ten Years the Latter Goes Up for Life The jury in the case of A Ammerman vs A O Smoot after wrestling nearly all nIght with the questions submitted to them found a verdict ver-dict of S1S2C3 for plaintiff At the previous trial the verdict was for 895 L S Wood vs Bosh S Sons et aL a case of considerabla magnitude is now being tried The plaintiff is represented by Thurinan Sutherland Dickson and Stone and the defendants defend-ants have Messrs Saxey and Arthur Brown looking after their interests This morning being the time set for George Hancockssentence the court room was nearly filled with interested spectators The defendant appeared about as unconcerned uncon-cerned in the matter as anyone present while Arthur Brown made one of his usual knockdown arguments showing the glaring errors made from his view during the course of the trial He declared that had not certain issues regarding Mormons and nonMor mons been dragged into the case the jury would never have listened to such evidence as was pro duced and the verdict would have been laughed at He thought it was about time those ques tions were laid aside and that good men irrespective irre-spective of creed should join hands for the common com-mon good of all He urged many objections to the proceedings in the case Mr Evans resisted re-sisted the motion and made a neat argument The court overruled the motion and remarked that the defendant had a very fair and impar tial trial The defendant was about to be sen tenced when Mr Brown interposed a motion to arrest judgment for the reason that there was no statute in force at the time the indictment was found making such an offense a crime the statute being repealed by the Poland law No argument was made on this proposition and the court overruled the motion but intimated that he had grave doubts as to the validity of the statute in question He would prefer however to have the supreme court pass upon the question ques-tion Finally defendant was ordered to stand up and in answer to the courts inquiry what he had to say why sentence should not be passed upon him replied I have nothing to say only I am innocent of the charge The Court The jury after a paient hearing have found you guilty of murder in the second degree The circumstances of the case show that the murder was an exceeding brutal and atrocious one In the sentence I am about to pass upon you I dot forget the atrocity and brutality of the niurder but in view otyour agohow old are you M Hancock answered sixtytwoin in view of your age and the fact that since that time your character has been good I will give you the shortest sentence the statute allows You will be sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary n tentiary As the defendant turned to his seat he said You are sentencingan innocent man k Mr Brown then gave notice of appeal and asked that defendant be admitted to bail during dur-ing the pendency of the appeal After making some inquiries as to the practice in such cases and being answered by Mr Dickson that where the trial judge had doubts on the questions involved in-volved the custom had been to allow bail his honor fixed the bond at 57500 on the appeal and the same in the other case which Is yet to be tried The bail will be furnished this afternoon and the defendant will be at liberty while the case hangs In court Just after the noon recess McFarlane was brought in for sentence Mr King made a motion mo-tion for a new trial which was overruled and the defendant was asked what he had to say why sentence should not be pronounced He had nothing to say and was sentenced to imprisonment im-prisonment during the period of his natural life He exhibited no emotion and when being conducted to the jail hopped and skipped like a frolicsome school boy GENERAL NOTES It is sprinkling now and to all appearances we sill be favored with the muchneeded shower A Mr Davis late of Salt Lake has established estab-lished a bookbindery In Provo No little excitement prevails over the alleged discovery very rich gold ore in close proxyn Uy to our city Prospecting parties are scouring scour-ing the neighboring hills and in a few days you may listen for something to drap Joseph Smoot son of President Smoot died this morning after an illness of nearly a year PliOVO April 22 W |