Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-10-17 | Page 5 | Lower Court Reversed

Lower Court Reversed An opinion written by Justice Ban t lei was handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday < reversing the judgment judg-ment of the lower court In the case of he State of Utah ts John Edmunds The defendant was convicted of the crime of grand larceny and sentenced enced to four years in tho Stale prison h ly District Judge Johnson in Sanpete county An appeal was taken from the dceis Ion of the lower court on the ground hat the court erred In denying the defendants motion for a new trial t I based on the ground of newly discovered evl 1 Icnce The Supreme Court holds that a new rial l should have bern granted and ro rnands the case wilh Instructions to give the defendant a rehearing Chief Justice Bas < ln and Justice McCarly concur In the opinion