Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-03-29 | Page 1 | Burton's Attorney Prepares Bill of Exceptions for Convicted Senator; Sentence Has Not Yet Been Passed

BURTON'S ATTORNEY PREPARES BILL OF EXCEPTIONS FOR CONVICTEI) SENATOR-SENTENCE SENATOR-SENTENCE HA NOT YET BEEN PASSED 4- 4- -f 4 -f v 4 f COMMITTEE TALKS ( -f f INFORMALLY, BUT IT f GIVES NO OPINION. ' . ' s. -f WASHINGTON.' Ikfarch 29. -f f Members" ' of the Senate -f Committee on Privileges and 4 v Elections have discussed infor- f mally the conviction of Senator f Burton. hut nniXL the matter' -f comes -before the committee the- members are loath to give their ' personal views. It' will take1 a f formal action by the nate to declare Burton's seat vacant. 4- and this will not be done until a -f . court of last resort has passed on -f the case. Senators do not know any pre- - cedents, as no convictions of Sen- ators are within the recollection 4- of the oldest Senators. . . ST. LOUIS. March 29. Sentence was' not passed today upon Senator Burton of Kansas, who yesterday was found guilty in the United States District court of having illegally accepted payment from the" Rlalto Grain and -Securities company of St. Louis for the use of his Influence in behalf of this company's interests. Counsel for Senator Burton today filed a -motion, in arrest of judgment, and there is now also before the court a motion mo-tion for a new trial, filed immediately after the verdict was rendered. Judge Adams will first have to dispose of thepe motions before sentence can be passed. The defense is busily at work preparing prepar-ing a bill of exceptions and making a complete record of the evidence introduced. intro-duced. It may take two or three days before this is 'completed and the bill of exceptions ready for filing On which to base an appeal to the .United States Court of Appeals, which is the court of highest Jurisdiction in this case. If sentence is finally passed upon Senator Sen-ator Burton and his case is appealed.' he will be released on bond pending the rehearing of the casp. which probably will.be some time next December.