Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-23 | Page 4 | Ten Years for Billings

TEN YEARS FOR BILLINGS SENTENCED BY JUDGE NORRELL FOR VILE CBIME Defendant Claimed that Ho Had Not Had n Fair Trial but the Court Did Not Agree With Him Frank Billings who was found guilty by a jUt on Wednesday of committing commit-ting a crime against nature on Starley May a boy 1 years oc age was yesterday yes-terday sentenced by Judge Norrell to ten years imprisonment In the State prison Before sentence was passed a motion mo-tion for a ncW trial by the defendant attorney Will F Wanlcss was argued and overruled The grounds of the motion wore alleged errors In admitting I admit-ting certain testimony and excluding other testimony also that the verdict II of guilty was contrary to the evidence Billings made a statement to the I court complaining that ho had not had I a fair tilal that witnesses against him i had sworn falsely and that he had not had an opportunity to refute their testimony tes-timony Judge Norrell however did not see It In that light aid dismayed the defendant by the severity of the sentence The minimum penalty for the crime of which Billings was convicted is three years In the State prison and the maximum twenty years