Deseret Evening News | 1905-01-13 | Page 10 | Jennings is Off

IS OFF Tho The Jury Said Salt lIe WaR Wao Not Guilty And Aud Court Sot Sol Him Ulm Free Fret Ailing Aching upon tho Ihie Instructions of or the court COUlt tho thi jury In III the tho curse case ut lit the lie of or Utah vs n Alex Jennings yesterday af n returned u of or not sint guilty sisal the tue was discharged by h Judge J Armstrong tosi and hula his ii ex cx Jennings was charged with destroying the Highland llo b hOIl by hy oil oh Sept Hept 17 11 Pi u ui i telly lly 11 tho thin only the Itale 1151 ets that of oC J H U and Prank Frank I Wilson two 1111 rOil con pt who are arc serving nu years such each h fur tur time the l Ihl ehl creamery both of ut if whom testified le that hut Jennings them lucia tn to burn bUIll the Ih house houseA A As they Ihy were both accomplices In III tho thin duOS lIne It II wee necessary or 01 the lie state etalo to tu corroborative evidence to lu support IIII florl their Whan tIme the state Its It case Attorney fur lh Ih this defense moed the Iha to 10 Instruct th the lie jury jUr to In hI Iu a I verdict of tiC nut not for thus reason that this the state tale had not mint Introduced any evidence what whatever whatever ever liver tending to lo corroborate the two hIo ac HU HUp N 1 p lets or to the tIle with thus the rinse crime l d tue rhe motion wo we oppose o t by DIet Atty Alt Att Loot Loof hut but the court sustained tie the th stud till the jury ws rs WAIl so 10 0 In iii Instructed and returned tIme the verdict with without out leaving the Jury box