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Show A u,.l!oii or Lite anil llrnlli. W'AflttNUTON, Mnyl.Tho llveao two men lu the state of Calllornla.aud sentenced to be hanged, Is depending on a free motion made toduy In tho Unltod ritsles Hupremo Court by Attorney At-torney Ueneral Hart of that state. After Iheie men wore sentenced In tho county courts tu be hanged In the county Jail by tbu county sbeilll, and while tnelr cases were pending un appsul to tho supremo court of tha statu, the legislature passed n law dhectlug time executions for capital otleuses should bu lu tho Btuto prison by tho warden thereof. Judgment cf the lower courts being alllrraed by tlio supremo court of tha state, uouutel for the condemned appealed ap-pealed to Ibo United Utalcsrjiipremo Court un tho ground that tho law directing tho executions to bo lield In tho county Jill being rtuu!eduud tho now law not iipplylng toludg-menti toludg-menti rendered beforu Its i aisage, sen-toncuof sen-toncuof the Hocusud could nut be carried car-ried out except lu violation of llio uloveittu amendment of the constitution. constitu-tion. Tho court received the appeal, and oiuuiel was given until tho Kith Inst. In which to llio briefs in lupport of or ill oppoiltlou thereto. |
