Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-07-21 | Page 2 | Minousis Must Serve Term in State Prison

MUST MUST MUSTi i SERVE TERM IN INI i I i STATE PRISON i I I George ceorge M M. s of ot Carbon j I county W who 10 wa was charged with the I crime 0 of assault with Intent to toI I I commit murder m upon uon the e person of ot on one D. D S. S Dorrity and who ad- ad I m lt having shot Dorrity Dority but but I claimed that he did a sp so tn n elf defense defense de- de tense must s serve serve sentence In the I st state t prison He was found guilty In the Seventh district court Judge F. F 12 li Woods presiding and was sentenced under a stat statute te w hI which h hp p provides vides for a term erm In the state state prison for a period of ot not less less' than one nor more than twenty years l a appealed pealed from the judgment Judg Judg- Judgment Judgment ment of ot the lower Jower court to the supreme supreme su BU su- su preme premo court alleging trial errors his principal complaint b being bing th that t the evidence was Insufficient to justify jus jus- the verdict and that here there was as I no evidence in the record to support support sup sup- por port the charge In the I I tion In an opinion written by Justice Valentine Gideon the finding of ot I the lower court Is affirmed the I court saying The record discloses that the ap appellant appellant ap- ap pell nt was ably defended and that I ap-I the thC trial court fully and fairly instructed in- in InI I l the jur the law of the case including the issue of or self I defense I From rom what has been said it necessarily follows that lh the thC Judgment Judg ment of ot the trial court must l be and it accordingly is affirmed