Show I LAWSON CASE TO SUPREME COURT I r Writ Wit of Supersedeas s Granted Judge Hillyer p Prohibited Prohibited Pro Pro- o. o From Trying Further C Coal al 5 Strike Cases DENVER DENVER Aug 17 ThO Th The s sato ato s supreme prem court ourt today granted a n supersedeas in the case of J John hn B B. Lawson Lawson labor leader convict convicted convicted con con- I vict d on a a charge of murder growing out o of Colorados Colorado's c coal cai al miners' miners strike and under sentence of life imprisonment The action ac Re acion tion ion allows the the Lawson appeal to come before the court o on it its I merits I m S The court reserved i its its de decision on 11 the tho request of Lawsons Lawson's L I counsel that hebe released from jail on bond until after briefs are are arc in September I The supreme court also alco is issued a writ of pro prohibition barring L Judge Granby Hillyer from presiding I at nt future trials resulting from disorI I ln in the recent strike of ot coal ml mi acre ners I The writ was granted on application S u tion r of Horace Borace N. N lIaw Hawkins and associate asso asso- clato counsel for tor the United Mine lIno MineWorkers I Workers of ot America who alleged p that Hillyer was 0 a. a t former attorney for tor or coal mining companies and there there- fore toro prejudiced against former strikers S ers ore ers The moll motion on to bar Judge Hillyer from presiding in future trials growIng growIng growing grow grow- ing out of ot the the recent strike of ot Colorado Colo Colorado rado ratio coal conI miners was filed tiled In the state supreme court on June Jun 28 8 The Continued on page 2 2 21 WATSON CASE Continued from p 1 to the motion specifically applied murder cases against John Burke Burke- Charles CharIeR Haines and K IC Sro growing grow grow- ing lag out of the thc fighting around Vial Val 1 In the spring of ot 1914 The Thel defendants defendants' a attorneys at- at the of l avowed owed however was to raise rl Issues on which they hop hoped d to prevent H Hillyer Hill Hill- 11 future strike yer er presiding at an any cases CaTho The Tho motion was based mainly on the alleged fact tact that Judge Hillyer for tor the tho Colorado Colorado Col Col- was formerly an attorney orado Coal Mine Owners Owner and cOI 1 w was Wl x therefore prejudiced against the ac accused accused ac- ac strikers It 11 w was s charged that I Ith the tho mine owners employed a force torce of attorneys and detectives to secure convictions of or strikers and that Granby Hillyer before his appointment appoint appoint- ment as Judge belonged to this thin force The Th motion was ar argued In the su supreme st.- st. an- an preme court Jul July 1 1 Ju Judge go HIlter was appointed by GoY George A A. Carlson after the legislature at it Its session last winter enacted 1 a statute authorizing an additional ad ad- ad- ad Judge In the Third Judicial l district which Includes includes' Trinidad and Walsenburg lie He presided nt at the tho trial of or bohn R R. Lawson In which thich the Jabor la labor Ja- Ja bor la loader leader er was convicted of ot first de degree de- de gree greo mur murder er Chief Chic Justice W W. n H. H Gabbert and Justice James E E. Garrigues ues dissented from the opinion which was woe delivered IcIlY dell ered cred b by Justice S. S II H. H White Jud Judge c Hillyer was represented ted In tho the action by Attorney Gen General ral Fred Freel Farrar and Norton orton Mont Montgomery omery and Frenk C West Vest his assistants Lawsons application for ft l writ of ot error and a supersedeas supersedes staying staging tho the execution of or the sentence pronounced by Judge Granby was based baAed upon the same allegations contained in a a previous motion for tor a new trial denied by Judge Hillyer Notable among these allegations was an affidavit am- am davit lt b by Grover Hall Hatt a a. member of the Jur Jury which convicted Lawson de declaring tie tie- daring claring that he WitH wan Induced to agree to the tho ver verdict of or guilty through coercive coercive coer coer- dye measures employed by a n. court bailiff The application claimed that nd additional evidence had been found |