Show DEFEATING JUSTICE indignant lid did not begin to express the feeling of the people of this coun coull ty when they the result of the workman trial they were fur lous ions and I 1 they ahr y means nine tenths of the people or of tile the county nenar before have hane we nye seen een tile the people so BO worked up lip and BO s read to condemn uen the cooler heads whose influence turned the tide and stopped a lynching lunching lyn ching at the time of tile the murder of james griffin tho the men who ald no iff the law tako take its auise the law will fix the murder er cr in this case atie ie outspoken and did not hesitate in baying that it would haie hae been far betti better r to hane hae hanged the man mam on the spot it Is just such buch justice as tills this that loads to lynch aa law that lads ros pec table liberty loving citizens to take the law la in their own hands and deal out sule suie and owlet justice in cases so eo plain as tills this and can ou blame them A drunken worthless ort liless fiot cot goes forth with alth a gun isec kIng ids say bay ing inai that 1 I will got get him and when hon lie he meets him does docs pot got him lie ile la Is tried tiled by a jury of twelve men ind and found guilty of murder in the first ang reo with a for mercy which Is equlia leat to life imprisonment the verdict Is bet aside because of some technical point and a new trial ordered the deafen dabit comes into court and asks to change his plea of not guilty and the thou then n enters a plea of guilty of mur dor der in the th second degere this is acceptable to the states attorney atto iney and lio lie Is sentenced by tile the court to ten years in the penitentiary the lowest sentence nen tence possible for or murder in the second degat lynch law Is not a nice tiling thing to contemplate it Is not lu in accordance with the sober thought of sane eane men but there is a limit to tile the PAti patience ente and sober thought of 0 aco man mall thero them Ls Is no halt half way ay measure in III the GlI glibert beit Nork mau caso case any corn com promise Is defeating dealing justice ho is guilty of burdor in the he first degree deg reo ot 01 nothing lie ile admits kill ing jas griffin so there tan an be no qu question about that the only ques flon then vas isas lie he wine bine or insane the jury sald eald ho was not insane but ot of murder in tho the first ae 0 6 but th the 7 wt now in vie pe n ary ry sen ing a sentence of ten ears for murder in the second degree its absurd its ita a its 11 B an on ho ciot and a disgrace on oil the state of utah its a mystery to the people hele heie how tho the trick was vas v as turned and why wo haie bae no doubt but till all tho the proceedings ce vere it gal it ma bo lav laa but it certainly is not justice why the perditt vas inas set aside ne e con can not BI no iso one hero here knows ne e published one rumor last neek the other la Is that the bailiff liall lff made afta davit that a citizen talked to the jurors about tho tha case but 1 if either Is correct to no ono here can ia ba in either coso case tile the judge had the poyer power to set aside the verdict find and order a no now trial no iso one blames him for thelt but ay iy not go ahead with the new ne the people here liae hae knonk judge booth for a long tinie time hue hio inspect id cd and had confidence in him and they are arc at a loss IOAS to understand why IN ily lie he im tilts half ay measure and ih h ho gave the man the lightest sentence possible after said heas he was guilt ora of a graver graier offense the district attorney cluff has only conly been with us a short time but gao gaio promise of efficient banice tile the ri people cople can cain not understand ili alu he be consented ted to the halt half MB proposal after liming just omitted the de fondant of murder in ili the first degree the can not understand van hn he did not consult with our county alarney who nas his associate counsel before agreeing to adv halt va nna NN v a measure and vly lie he has not biot up to this time enlightened him as to the reasons for it N ith so eo much and authority nested ested i in the court and states at torne tome ht are we ne to expect in the future if it Is pos possible bible foi the states at torne and counsel for defendant to get together and decide on the ithe de greo of guilt of the man on trial why iby summon jurors jin ors to decide tho case it would haie hae been just as reason able to permit workman to plead of stirling sti a horna as murder in the second degier if workman bind gauffin had been ill di inking drinking to gether or fighting then murder in the second degree would lo be 10 possible but they were not james griffin was going about to tad ila his business a respected honored citizen lie he was shot down don without warning and for this his slayer is s sentenced to ten deais which with good behavior will reduce the time he be has to in the penitentiary to file years and ten mouths possibly you will milt all have a chance to sign a petition for his pardon long iong before that time there Is 18 strong of holding an indignation ar meeting this afternoon to at least give public expression express lan of tho the people of tills this community who feel that they have not received justice all of the jurors nt at the first trial anre said to be fair minded cepro senta tentative tive citizens the c them in lau laet issue ismie but it to Is not the feeling heie the people feel that they did their duty and if thoy blundered in making a compromise among themselves cs it was nas a mistake that most moat of us would make through of tile the law in ili uch such cases we licie Nith gle ghe their names george price charleston wasatch count utah NV 0 dieber enoch biown theodora robert U B montgomery dieber joseph N carroll cleber bieber C A epperson midway wilford Vil foid NV V boren cleber il IJ it II brunson william 11 pulmer jr Walls burgh john 0 edwards heber john it II price heber 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