| Show CONNORS MUST AGAIN FACE MURDER CHARGE CHAR the supreme court holda holds that frank connors convicted on a charge of burglary and ilso on one of murder aust serve erve his for burglar lara and thu be delt delivered ered to the sheriff of utah county to be dealt with aL cording to law meaning that he will be again tried for murder connors killed william strong city marshal of provo in 1899 connors brou brought glit habeas corpus proceedings against the warden of the penitentiary with the aim in view of obtaining his liberty when his term for burglary should expire he lie ia w as convicted on october 9 1899 of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment and on october 14 1902 he aa as convicted of burglary and benten sentenced ced to serve ten years lie conceded that his commitment for burglary is legal but contended that his commitment for murder was not because the information had been filed by the district attorney whereas it should haebe have been cn filed flied by the county attorney it appears that this condition was the result of an old law which has since been remedied he ile set up the plea of lack of jurisdiction of the tile court whick convicted him the supreme cour court sas in view of this anomalous anoma loua condition in so far as plaintiff is concerned and in view of the fac far that although the life sent sentence enle may be void old the state may nevertheless prosecute the plaintiff for the crime of murder in caie cabe it be determined that he lie was tried for that crime ina in a court having no jurisdiction the judgment of the court is that at the expiration of the second u ben tence therefore 0 at any time when hen legally required to do so the prisoner boner should by the warden be delivered into the custody of the sheriff of utah county to be dealt with ith according to law connors was sentenced from carbon county by judge jacob johnson for the burglary of S 11 II heinch sens store at Scofield |
