Show NEW LEASE OF VIVE LIFE thursday at noon it seemed to all human appearances that today friday would be the last on earth of durrant the san francisco murderer it will be remembered that on monday last la s t nov 8 the supreme court of the united states dismissed currants Dur rants appeal five pr six days and in the ordinary course of business perhaps even a longer time would be required in which to transmit by mail from washington D C to san francisco official notice of the action taken but the prosecuting officers and the superior court in san francisco did not wait for the malls mails on the strength of advices advises received by wire durrant was on wednesday nov 10 taken before the superior court judge bahrs presiding and an order was made fixing the time for his execution on friday nov 12 between sunrise and noon this proceeding was not a resen re sen tending fencing of the defendant but merely the making of an order specifying when and where the previous sentence should be executed and it was had without official notice from washington of the action of the united states supreme court there at least so dur rants attorneys claimed at the time of the proceedings before judge bahrs bahro objection was aka made de to them on behalf of pur durrant rant but all objections raised by his counsel were overruled and the warden of san quentin prison made preparations to hang the prisoner currants Dur rants attorneys sought bought relief from the united states circuit court by habeas corpus but the writ was refused as was also permission to appeal again to the united states supreme court from the refusal but while some of currants Dur rants attorneys were engaged in this effort in san francisco Franc laco one of them deuprey hastened to sacramento made a showing before the state supreme court there and succeeded in obtaining a writ of probable cause the effect of which was waa to stay the execution one section of the ert criminal minal code of california provides that wh where ere a stay of execution has been caused by an appeal the defendant shall be resen re sen fenced and that the time for execution shall not be fixed at less than sixty days another section provides that when tor for any cause an execution has not taken place at the time fixed in the sentence the defendant shall be brought before the court and an order made fixing the time of execution within the discretion of the court the attorneys for durrant claim that the former and not the latter section of the criminal code ought to have governed in his case I 1 1 the execution is stayed until the state supreme court shall formally hear and dispose of the points in controversy tr tro versy overBY which are purely technical and at the present time signify only a little longer lease of life tor for durrad dun wat t at the present juncture there Is reason to suppose that he will finalle escape with his life taking his case all 11 through it Is a remarkable tion of the delays in the execution of the law which may be effected by the tb determined efforts of shrewd and akolt ful lawyers the fact fa ct that matey many PW people hold that there is a reasonable doubt as to currants Dur rante rants guilt may was VM sibly have been one element elemet it that mat has operated to secure delay in his balting off i 7 |