Show MRS CLUTES MURDERER Cnse of Albert Hoffi for Rehearing Before Be-fore California Supreme Court TRIBUNE SPECIAL San Francisco Jan 22The caso of Albert Iloff tried and convicted of the murder of Mrs Mary A Clute came before the Supreme court en bane today to-day on AttorneyGeneral Fords peti tion for 0 rehearing I will be remembered that Justice Temple In August last reversed the Judgment of the lower court condemning condemn-ing Iloff to death Justice McFarland dissenting and Justice Garoutte presenting pre-senting a dissenting opinion The appellant Hoff was represented by 1 William II Schooler and P W Sawyer the people by AttorneyGcn tjnil and II A Melvin District Attorney Attor-ney of Alameda county The reason for Molvins Interjection into the case Is that he conducted the prosecution of Brandes of Alameda county sentenced to Imprisonment for life for the murder o his slopdaugh ter Lillian Brandos and that the Instructions In-structions given by Judge Cook In the Iloff wise upon whose Irregularity the appeal proceedings wore based were I Identical with those In the Brandos CILi4I carhe respondents argued that the Judge hid not overstepped his legal limitations quoting precedents In twenty StateN of thin Union whose Constitution Con-stitution Is almost Identical with Cal fornias on the point backed up by Su prnmo court derisions The appellants attorneys quoted authorities from a number lon of States supporting thclr posl |