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Show BILL AMENDS CRIME LAW; AIDS JURIES Senate Mrasore Provides for Cases Purely Circumstantial Circum-stantial In Evidence. SECOND DEGREE MURDER WHERE DOUBT EXISTS Two Other Drafts Came Up In Senate During Morn ing Session. A law that will give juries Id murdsr liw gTrster sense ot security la rack trials, removing from them their scruples against finding a verdict afaiaat the accused whea the testimony agsmst him la wholly circumstantial, waa iatroduced la tke senate by Saa-ator Saa-ator D. O. Hideout of Bait Iake county this afternoon The measure proposed by Senator Hideout seeks to amend tka existing law governing tka crime of murder aad its psnishment, by making tka pro vision that every person found guilty ef murder upon evidence purely eir-rumstaotiel eir-rumstaotiel shall be guilty of murder ia tka second degree, aad tka paaalty for this crime ia rued at imprisonment ia tka state prison for not laaa than ten years', with the court's option to make tke penalty life imprisonment. Ia advocating this measure Henetor Hideout says that the history of jurla-prndence jurla-prndence Is replete witk eaaaa in which conviction kas been saeurad upon circumstantial cir-cumstantial evidence, aad tka sentence oi uestD qsb oeen execuiea, wnen afterward, after-ward, toe late to do the vieUftt any good, conclusive evidence has been discovered dis-covered that he was guiltless. Works Both Wsys. Thsss cases are almost always cited by eoanee! for persons nceused of murder mur-der whea the etideaee la circumstantial ia chsrscter, aad with the result that ia maay cases the persons aetnally Siilty sseape, becauss of the iaeearln-re iaeearln-re evidence aad because the jurors are unwilling to take a chance tkat tkey might convict as innocent mas. snd that their hands might theoretically be stained with his blood. Senator Hideout contends tka) tkis measure, if enacted, will give a greater eease of security to jurors and will make conviction of persons accused of murder less difficult to secure, because tka stats eaa restore liberty under tkis ktw, when, under tke old law, ao rape ration can be made in case a mistake has been made. The bill was referred to tke committee ea judiciary. Senator Eekerslsy introduced ft bill providing tkat wkea authority Is gives) by tke state board of examiners er tke ovsrning board of tke respective divisions divi-sions ef tke state, it shall be lawful for any public officer of anv county, cltv. municipality or school district to give a bond for the faithful perform-snce perform-snce of daty, to offer corporate surety bead, which may be procured from anv company antkorlsed under tke laws of the state, aad the cost of procuring the bond may be charged by taa omrer giving IBs bond to toe general gen-eral eipenss account of his office. The cost of such bonds ia limited to oae-half oae-half of 1 per crat of the amount of the bond Mtlk Fruit Boxes. Senstor Rehsrslsy also introduced a bill prohibiting anv person from selling, sell-ing, shipping ot disposing nf, or to havs ia one's possession, for sale or ether disposal, any closed package ot anples, pears or peaches which Is not plainly and legiblr marked with ths name and address of the person having the fruit in .possession at the time of packing, and the name and grade of the f nut. as prescribed by the state horticultural horti-cultural commissioa. To sell or offer fnr sale anv rats-marked rats-marked or misbranded or unmarked claaed package ef fruit is denned as a misdemeanor. |