Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-05 | Page 5 | Another Trial of Murder Case

ANOTHER TRIAL j OF MURDER CASE CASEE E E Campbell Was Entitled to r Twelve Jurors 4 jc SUPREME COURT DECISION f r i LOWER oo 00 U IN CASE t The supreme court handed banded down an ank k opinion yesterday reversing th the Judg Judgment ment of t r the Seventh district court cout and granting a new trial to E E Camp Campbell Cmpbell CampI I bell who ho was wu convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of John Selman n Grand county conty on March SO so 0 1901 and sentenced to eight years in r tle Ue penitentiary It was wa charred in inthe inthe Inthe the i that Campbell unlawfully unlawfully fully tully willfully intentionally felonious feloniously ly and of f lua malice aforethought did kill and Selman but the de decree decree deree cree ree iv waa 1811 aa not specified ed Campbell was tried by eight Jurors i but demanded twelve and this wm wu the only error relied upon in tIle tUe appeal The supreme court holds that the in information information Information formation would have supported a ver verdict verdict verdict dict and sentence of murder murdE in I the first degree and that Campbell was therefore therdore entitled to trial by twelve jurors