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Show BOYER TRIAL I IS UNDER WAY FARMINGTON. Utah, March 18 U'.Pi With the prosecution plainly inferring it would ask the death penalty, Paschal L. Boyer, 32, former meat buyer and butcher, butch-er, went on trial here today on charges of first degree murder. The names of 48 persons, forming form-ing two veniremen were read by Zadra White, deputy county clerk. The venires were the original orig-inal one and a special one requested re-quested yesterday by R. Verne Mc Cullough, defense attorney, after he failed in an effort to obtain ob-tain a change of venue. Two Juror Excused Two of the first called Frederick Fred-erick Riley of Bountiful and Haven i Van Fleet of Farming-ton were excused because of illness. The remaining 46 then were sworn in after District Attorney Wade M. Johnson questioned them collectively. collect-ively. First mention of a death penalty penal-ty came from Judge Eugene E. Pratt who asked if any had conscientious con-scientious scruples against the death penalty. All were silent which the judge assumed meant that none had such objections to death penalty convictions. Boyer, who was in the courtroom court-room yesterday when the defense made its change of venue motion, was returned to Salt Lake City where he spent the night in the county jail, where he has been confined since his arrest early Oct. 14, a few hours after four-persons four-persons were shot down along the highway near here. He was returned re-turned to the courtroom this morning morn-ing by Sheriff . Joseph Holbrook and two deputies. The judge also asked prospective prospect-ive jurors if they were related to any of Boyer's alleged victims. The specific charge against Boyer is that he murdered Mrs. Blanche Nelson of Woods Cross, who had accepted an invitation to ride with him. Later, in driving toward Salt Lake City, the state has charged, two , others were killed and a fourth fatally i wounded. Boyer was calm during the proceedings, pro-ceedings, seemingly taking little interest in the trial. |