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Show SHOCKLEV TO BAVEJEA8ING Case to Be Argued Again Today. Second Hearing in Supreme Court on Petition for New Trial. Defense Objects to Exhibition Permitted Per-mitted in. Court and Questions Legality of Commitment. For tho second time the oaso of the Stale of Utah vs. James M. Shockley will bo argued before tho Supreme court today. to-day. ShockToy, tho murderer of the street-car men, Amasa Gleason and Thomas Brighton, Is petitioning for a new triul. One fresh point Is submitted by Attorney Attor-ney H. A. Smith, who defends Shockley. This waa explained in Tho Trlbuno a few wcoks ago 'It questions the right of the Judge of the City Criminal court to hold preliminary hearings In a cose of felony. If the Supremo court decides this point against tho State. It will necessitate neces-sitate all prolunlnary hearings in future beipg held boforo a Justice of the Peace. It will also give all other criminals who were bound over to the District court by Judge Dlchl the right to demand a now triol. All the other assignments of error submitted sub-mitted bv tho appellant are the samo as when the caso was ntgucd before the court In the October torm. The chief objection ob-jection Is against the action of District Attorney Banner X. Smith In making Shocklov put on his hat, and the handkerchief hand-kerchief over his face, nnd face tho Jury, gun In hand The court. Judge Morse presiding, allowed this, overruling the oV1ectlona of Attorney H. A. Smith. The District Attorney took this step because the attorney for the .defense had caused Shockloy to go through an Imitation of the struggJo that he had with Brighton in the street-car. It Is believed that the delay in a decision de-cision in thia caso was caused by the fact that the court couldn't agree on the caso last year. Slnco then Chief Justice Buskin has retired and Justice Straup has succeeded to the Supreme bench. Tho court held an adjourned session ytsterdav. A lot of caiios wore to be argued ar-gued In January, but tho term had to be adjourned because Judge McCarty . was summoned to Washington as a witness in the Smoot case The following cases came up yesterday; George Roth vs. David Da-vid Eccles. appellant; Rclta Sterling vs. head camp of tho Woodmen of the World, appellant; the Red Wing Mining company, appollant, vs. William D. Clays Tho cases were argued by the attorneys for the parties and by the court taken under advisement. Nathaniel H. Tanner, a member of the bar of the Supremo court of tho State of Michigan, was admitted to tho bar of Utah yesterday, on tho motion of H. S. Tonncr ... . , Tho following cases will be heard today: to-day: Ephr-ilm Dunn vs the Oregon Short Line, appellant; tho Stale vs. J. M, Shocklev, appellant; In re the cstato of Edward" A. Reed, deceased. I |