Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-26 | Page 9 | Marius Peterson Pleads Not Guity to Slaying Kin

Marius anus Peterson Pleads Not Guilty to Slaying Kin I Faces Court t Stolidly t J k v y o k i S' S I 4 H SLAYING SUSPECT LEAVES FOR COURT APPEARANCE D Deputy Sheriff R. R F. F Llewel Llewellyn yn I 1 Marius rius Peter Peterson on Womans Woman's Trial S Set t on Charge of Killing Her Mate With no apparent display of emotion emotion emotion emo emo- tion Marius Peterson 51 Saturday entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of slaying his son-in-law son Donald W. W Preston 25 on July 10 District Judge Oscar W. W McConkie McConkie McConkle Mc- Mc Conkie Conkle set September 9 as the time for fixing a trial date for the accused man who allegedly shot Mr Preston in front of the latter's latter's latter's lat- lat ter's home East Fourth South street culminating a family quarrel quarrel rel reI over custody of the year old daughter and granddaughter of th the victim and defendant Simultaneously Judge McConkie set September 5 as the trial date for or starting the trial of Mrs Leona Beauvais 38 also charged with first degree murder Claims Self-Defense Self Mrs Beauvais is alleged to have shot her law common-law husband Alphonse Beauvais fatally injuring injuring injuring ing him on the night of July 2 at their apartment South West Temple street She pleaded self- self defense at a preliminary hearing in Salt Lake City court before being held for trial Shackled to another prisoner Mr Peterson affecting dark spectacles spectacles spec spec- and several weeks weeks' growth lof of beard was met at the city and county building courtroom by his wife He sat with his arms around her shoulders until called before the judge to plead to the charge upon pon which he was arraigned a a week ago Pleads Not Guilty Are you ready to plead 1 asked Judge Judg-e McConkie Yes answered the prisoner who then proceeded to enter a plea of f not guilty Sh Shooting tIng of Mr Pr n U W ed d his s 's successful attempt to regain cust custody dy of his da by hy means means' of a habeas corpus proceeding in- in after the child was left temporarily in cust custody dy of her maternal maternal maternal ma ma- grandparents