Show MURRS MAYBE TifiED United States Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal ORDER FOR RETRIAL STANDS The Supreme Court of Utah Ordered Judge Hart to Proceed with the Trial of Morris with Twelve Jurors on the Charge of Agreeing to Accept Ac-cept a Bribe in the City and County Coun-ty Building Furniture Deal Defendant De-fendant Appealed and Appeal is Now Dismissed TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth Street C Washington D C Nov 12 1930 The Supreme court today dismissed the appeal of Charles Hart against the State of Utah In this case Joseph R Morris of Salt Lake prior to the admission ad-mission of Utah Into the Union was Indicted and charged with a felony When It was called for trial after Statehood before Judge Hart a Jury trial by twelve Jurors was demanded by the prosecution but on objection by the defense Judge Hart denied the application ap-plication On appeal the Supreme court of Utah overruled this decision and ordered the plaintiff in error Judge Hart to proceed with the case and impanel Im-panel the Jury as demanded Morris then appealed to the Supreme court of the United Slates which took the action ac-tion above stated According to the above decision Joseph Jo-seph R Morris may bo tried again on the charge of agreeing to receive a bribe In the matter of the city and county building furniture deal made when Morris was a member of tho County board He has been tried twlco and each time the Jury disagreed Before Be-fore he came up for third trial the Supreme Su-preme court of the United States decided de-cided that parties charged with criminal crim-inal offenses alleged to have been committed com-mitted prior to Statehood were entitled enti-tled to trial by twelve Jurors When the case came up again the defense pleaded the State law making eight a legal Jury in all but capital cases and the deduction was that Morris could not be tried at all |