Show M jury frees slayer slaver W 0 0 californians uphold killing of horne homo invader twelve men man declare husband was wa justified in shooting despoiler prisoner admitted deed and old did not fiat plead naulty insanity oakland calan almoda county lury jury applied the unwritten law to harry P F prescott Pro acott and ana justified his act in buying shot down the despoiler des 0 of f his homo home Pre scotts second griat for having killed ralph thompson tu in the prescott home homa on the night of labru ary arr 23 2 last ended two hours after the jury hod had received the courve courts In instruct tlona thoro there wai wa wai i little the big room was crowded vil with T mon men but there was vim a breathless atil atall ts as louis rudolph clerk eler lc took the folded slip from the foreman ot of the tha lury jury und rend read i we tho the jury find the prisoner at t ibe bo bar not guilty 1 1 the verdict was waa a direct of law there waa no question im ea to tho the of prescott cott admitted it and did darf no plad insanity ln antty lie was a married mk mart with n s wha ha be had abom orn to prokp qt ct and la in Ms his own home hom bf had dead the wan who had coa bethi them on that ground he went wore before a jury of his hl fellow toco meu who justified the act OU on the stand prescott Pr eacott tolar his I 1 having no BO trade obber aban that r h ur ettli axles manOf ct lifs hii eal x and boang out oui ot att ot filloff OW aadi a gov claim in the mountains mount idna ot of trinity county and of his going up there alone and working in tho the hope of making a homo home for himself and wife the she auf fprd during tho the winter the sudden coldness ot of the infrequent letters lettera of at the woman for whom he wis was working aroused hla his suspicious suspicions and he returned homo home unannounced noun ced how bow he hid behind the por lares fieres until tie Es wife returned with thompson at midnight and what he saw that caused him to whip his re volver tolver from his bla pocket and oon confront front the pair has bas been lieen told character witnesses testified as an to his bonc honesty sty good liable and desire tor for a home ills hl attorney torti torney cir overlooked no point in his defense defeno and the tha lary jury agreed with hm wife wis not in court when sa a verdict waa rias glyen |