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Show I v Justifiable Homicide i H Verdict in Clive Case j f H Special to Tho Tribune. PROVO, Aug. C District Attorney Harvey Cluff closed the argument for tho state In the Chvo murder trial at 10:30 this morning, after which Judge Booth charged the Jury. The Instructions went Into the various degrees of homicide, homi-cide, giving the statutory differences and defining justifiable homicide. Judgo Booth charged that If the Jury found the evidence of tho defendant true as to finding Wilcox In bed with Mrs. CUve. seeking to defile hor at tho timo of tho shooting, then he was Justified, accord-lng accord-lng to the law, In killing Wilcox as he ' : H did. The instructions of tho court -wero ' considered fair, and at tho oomo tlme'i favorable to the defendant. There woroi no exceptions made by either side to the I Judge's Instructions, which Is very un-' H usual, especially In a murder case. i After having been out from 11 o'clock . in the forenoon until 8 o'clock In CEs evening, tho Jury brought In a verdict of Justifiable homicide. Thero was some discussion, but tho Jury waa practically ' unanimous In Its decision, and tho vor-diet vor-diet seemed to give general satisfaction to tho public. Mrs. Cllvo broke down and 1 wept, being' affected moro than anyone else prcsont. There was much congratu-Iatlng congratu-Iatlng and apparent rejoicing. |