Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-01 | Page 3 | Tom Watson's Fate in Hands of Jury

TOM WATSON S FATE IN HANDS OF JURY Alleged Defamer of Catholic Church Makes F nal Peal Himself AUGUSTA Ga. ,Nov 30 T omas E Wa son on la in fede a court cha ged w h av ng se it obs ene mat er regard ng he Roman Cathol c chu ch through the ma s made h s f na p ea for acqu t ta today Ac ng as his own counsel he argued to he jury hat the way In wh ch he had empoyed certa n wo ds ca ed obscene by he prosecu on ad ept hem from it at c aEs He d ew f om he prosecut on a de n a that the gove nment atto neys wee protect ng the Roman Catho c church Wa son cone uded w th the f a ement to he ju ors that n the r hands res ed the banne of den oc at c nst u ons epub i an p nc p es and e g ous be es P e ous on mo on of the p ose on the court ru ed (that on e ques on of whether or no Wa son was espons b e for ma ng t e a tees men oned n he n d ctmen and whethe or not ev were obscene was o be deeded the jun Judge Lamb n n r cd he ury it at s nee he unde s ood Vat o ass mel fu espons b y fo e a c es ha ng been ma ed he on y ques on o be con d e ed was whe her he anguage u ed was un avfu as c a ged No o er si e he ju ge dec ared en e ed into the case T e ju y t en i. red No erd ct ad been retu ned a e o n ght n e case of Thomas D Va son e Geo gia ed o cha Qed send ng obscene era u e oug he ma s wh h was g ven otejuya 2 30 s af ernoon At 0 30 he jury as 0 de ed ocked up fo e n g