Show MURDER SECOND DEGREE I it i That Is the Verdict in Abe Majors Case TheJury Was Out Nine Hours and a Half and atf = ir5r S ght Were i j I II I forAcquittal Logan Oqt 4After 1 occupying ex actlv four weeks In trial and costing I tlje State and Box Elder county T between be-tween 53000 and 55000 the Majors case wab finally sent to the jury at about 1030 thla morning Yesterday afternoon Weber made the final argument for the defense in which he unmercifully scored some of the States witnesses and also Mr Allison Al-lison He also made a most pathetic appeal to the juiy in closing District Attorney Nebeker made the closing plea to the Jury After replyIng reply-Ing to the aspersions cast upon his associate I sociate he made a lengthy argument unon the evidence He stated to the Jury that he only desired them to aid him in enforcing the law and that if It should prove Impossible to secure a conviction In this case the death punishment pun-ishment should be abolished In Utah Court then adjourned and at 9 45 this morning Judge Hart began his charge to the Jurv It was in every way favorable fa-vorable to the defendant in the genera opinion of tho = e present At the conclusion con-clusion of the charge the Jury Immediately Imme-diately retired I The defendant pressed himself at the clor a of the trial as well satisfied with the conduct of the trial which he admltteJ had been impartial The de fensa put up bV Messrs McGurrln Weber and Shropshlie everyone here admits was a good one and their efforts I ef-forts to save the defendant elicited much admiration from the legal fm ternltv here as well as from the general gen-eral nubile District Attorney Nebeker won new laurels by his management of the States side of the case THE VERDICT At 745 this evening the Jury In the Majors case alter being out nine and a half hours came into court with a verdict of gulltv of murder In the second sec-ond decree The defendant listened to the reading of the verdict without the slightest sign of emotion and later annOunced himself as disappointed at the 1 outcome of the liial Judge Harts Hart-s t Tuesday morning at 11 30 as the time for passing sentence It Is believed be-lieved that Mr ors will receive a sentence sen-tence of at least thirtyfive years The jury on the first ballot utood eight to four In favor of acquittal but the four men eventually won over their opponents oppo-nents after arguing all day and casting f Ecoren of ballots |