Show ENOCH DA AIS IIIS1 T DIE The Supreme Court Refuses to Grant a New Trial H WILL BE EXECUTED The Date of Execution to Bo Fixed Hr Judge Blackburn J Dan Harrington and the Box of Convicts A Colorado Man Under Arrest lor Robbing n White House Guest g Another Bogus Check In the supreme court yesterday Judge Bath handed down his maiden opinion i the case of the People vs Enoch Davis appellant appeal from the First district court The defendant and appellant in this cause was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife at Ashley and sentenced to be shot The appeal was taken upon the ground that tho indictment returned against Davis did not charge murder the first degreee and hence the jury was estcpped from returning re-turning such 0 verdict In a very lengthy opinion Judge Barton held that the indictment was sufficient t warrant the verdict of the jury and hence affirmed the judgment of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings in accordance with law Judge Zane concurred and Miner dissented dis-sented This means of course that Davis will suffer the death penalty by shooting as soon a a reasonable time has elapsed His crime according to the testimony of the prosecution was one of the most cold blooded and brutal on record it being proved by the strongest circumstantial evidence that he clubbed his wife to death with a revolver and then threw her body into a potato hole on the premises where it remained until the horrible crime was discovered His case now goes back to Judge Black burns court and the date of execution will again be fixed |