| Show INNOCENT MAN SENTENCED I 1Ibmot is to hol ad Court Is I Iowele Lo Inellossis I Mukogee L T Feb Gudge prlnlr filling In the United States court her has ben compelled 10 reo fuse succor 10 a condemned man who hs ben the judge admits illegally convicted Site prisoner Is William Tiger a Creek Indian who Ties been sentenced In the Creek courts to 10 shot for the murder 01 another Crack Indian Tiger was brought before Judge Springer by a writ 01 hoboes corpus le proved to 1M satisfaction 01 Judge Springer that he had not hd I a laIr and Impartial trial that hn was not permitted to Introduce the tt mony of Important ultneitwo that one ot the jurors before whom he Wait tried I had asslsled the prosecution In rIng r-Ing evidence against him and that the judge who presided over his case was n relative of the man for whose murder mur-der he vvaa Irled Judge Springer announced however that he was Powerless 16 Interfere Inasmuch In-asmuch n a edei al judge had no power to review the action of the Creek courts aa Ihey elI prior to January lot last Tigers only hope Is I an appeal to the appellate court ot the Indian Territory |
