Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-20 | Page 5 | Right to Kill in Defense in Upheld

RIGHT TO KILL IN DEFENSE IS UPHELD PRAKKFORT, Ky., Aug. in. Following Fol-lowing out his declaration of immunity to any one defending lives and proper-ty. proper-ty. Governor WilJson today granted pardons par-dons to Walter Duncau, who was convicted con-victed of shooting aud killing Newton Hazelctt at Jacksonville, Shelby county, coun-ty, in June, and Riley Ilarrold, who was indicted as an accessory to tho murder. Both men are prominent farmers. Tho governor in issuing tho pardons said: "Xo doubt both Duncan and Ilarrold arc true and bravo men and did their duty. T do not know any more imperative impera-tive call upon me to exerciso tho power given me to pardon than presented in this case, and in recognition of tho useful, use-ful, honorable and brave part they had in upholding indhidual liberty, repressing repress-ing violence and crime, I grant them full and free pardons."