| Show WOODLAND CASE MATTER FINALLY SUBMITTED TO THE JURY LAST NIGHT VERDICT EXPECTED SOME TIME TODAY WHAT WILL THE VERDICT BE B E h A case casilhas Casel has occupied over two weeks Is perhaps the longest in history of county after twenty days of earnest and tearless fearless work on the part ot of both the attorneys for the state and for the defendant in the sensational woodland shooting scrape the case is now with the jury what will the verdict be Is the query of many at this time the answer to this interrogation Is with eight men good and true respectable citizens of this county it the defense has created a substantial it a and U d reasonable doubt in the minds of these men as to the guilt of henry woodland he wi will I 1 be acquitted it if the jury believe however that ed sorensen and the witnesses tor for the state told the truth then the defendant must stand the consequences of the net act the clil question estion of sorensens Soren sens punishment file I 1 n t as t to c the time line lie he shall serve serve ib with the court sentence having not as yet been passed john woodland testified test toed as was outlined in the open ing that he purchased the poison on june 3 ard 3rd rd at ogden and andaas was corroborated by another witness he said at the ume fame he wore no mus mustache tche but pictures silent witnesses were introduced in evidence taken as testified to by county tree inspector W 0 knudson after the shooting the drug clerk testifies that the man who purchased the poison did not wear a mustache but had a two weeks growth ol of beard mr knudson appears in the picture with john woodland nj and others ind and fixes the date dale by notes made in a memorandum sirs mrs woodland wife of defendant testified that her husband was away from home at times mentioned by sorensen when the first plots failed for arguments and final dieas pleas six hours on each side was given clr J D call opened for the state earnestly enumerating many re reasons why the defendant should be convicted 0 W powers followed malting an eloquent plea in behalf of his client and in conclusion stated fifty reasons why the defendant should not be convicted R 11 II jones reviewed in detail the case pausing here and there to pay his compliments to the attorneys on the other side and to the sheriffs office fred J holton hoi ton closed for the state argi urging ng the jurors to bring in a verdict as the law and the evidence justified pointing out the s suspicious USPICIO us movements of the defendant a nt and the inconsistent evidence given by witnesses for the defense THE VERDICT at a late hour last night after the foregoing was written alp ilp up the jury brought in it a verdict of 0 not oil guilty I 1 ity |
