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Show MAY IUfp COIICTJI.P Interesting Question RaisM Hearing in tlw Thjj jf District Court, m Ul JURISDICTION lNVOLllf1 1 Attorneys Allege Confliclil'nr State Constitution anijL State Laws. - A question which may result diFCoutinuance of road lmiWU- jlrt Ed viet labor in Utah iB now udJyJ viscmont by Judge F. 0. UofWAWW tho criminal division of the TMmB trict court. S$fll ' When tho eases of Gua Jowl William Jones were called before JS Loofbourow yesterday afternoon JfclRp ncys Dale Parke and Jay tjtw' representing the defendants tjj3 npQ question of nurisdiction. ' "c Johnson and Jones, who are t'M fiftoen years 'and eighteen irionttB spoetively in the state ponitentteS V charges of hiirglary, wero memberS summer of the convict camp thtV engaged in road building ia Borjfft 1 county. Hoth escaped from tkj"S and were recapt.urod and ar M- ( charged with escaping from t, -Mfti) prison, a felony under th0 BtatiUi Say Laws Conflict, " The attorneys for the defemefl tend thai, the constitution of the gfl sdi requires that a prisoner be triedafjmti his offenso in the county in whici crime was committed. The etate I irifr1 they point out, specifically locals state penitentiary in Salt Lake i L'to .y. Hence thoy argue, a priBoaor Z not l)c tried in Salt liako county', w craping from the state penitent Jtf .when that escape w.uh from a ceo faa enmn located in Box Elder county? tho other hand they argue thatthVi ' onors cannot be tried in Box -5 county on a chargo .of escaping i ifii a state penitentiary becauso tfer L no state penitentiary thero from i fT L to escape. A.ftcr hearing lengthy argnn eti from District Attorney E. 0. Leal wood and tho attorneys for the J lim fenso Judge Loofbourow took the n ' tor under advisement, ? Question Validity. It is' contended by attorneys j iW : tlio nrgument brings into question'; lg At validity of the statutes relative to construction of stale roads by coji M labor, on the ground that fhs I wo would, if Judge Loofbourow or tie wjno prcme court sustains tho objeelli provide no means for tho punisha of a prisoner who might escape and f",l: recaptured unless. bucIi escape nn jflft Salt La.ko county. |
