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Show CASES NOT PARALLEL, SAY THE ATTORNEYS SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Dec. 26. The Harry K. Murphy while slave case uf Sioux City Is not a parallel for appeal of the I..eo l'Yank case of Atlanta. Ga., according to the attorneys for Murphy. Briefs in the Mirrphy case linve been sent to the Frank attorneys at Washington, Washing-ton, to be consulted as a precedent to secure se-cure a new trin 1 for Frank on the grounds that he was not In court In person per-son when the verdict against him was rendered. A. L. FYibourg, chief counsel for Murphy, Mur-phy, snid last' night that the eases differed dif-fered In thn t Frank's attorneys did not claim his absence as reversible grounds until after the ease had Kone to the supreme su-preme court, whereas attorneys for Murphy Mur-phy made the claim at once. Mnrphv way given his release bv Judge J. D. Elliott of the United States district dis-trict court of South Dakota, sitting there for Judge Reed, because Murphy was absent ab-sent from the courtroom when the verdict was announced. |