Show CONNORS AFTER technicality alit y of law Is brought forth in his behalf SENTENCED FROM CARBON COUNTY TO THE PEN frank connors who bears the distinction of being probably the only man v ho is serving a sentence of ten years more than his big natural life in any state penitentiary is now seeking his release from the utah penal institution through proceedings for a writ of habeas corpus in the supreme court of the state just how connors could be compelled to serve a life sentence and an additional ten years has not been explained by anyone ex excepting the prisoner himself when he remarked at the time the additional sentence was pronounced that the state would h e a hard time keeping his gh jt t behind the bars for ten years bears after he had served his life sentence connors was sentenced to servo a life sentence about ten years ago for killing an officer named strong at provo proto about seven years ago he fie was implicated in the jail break headed by abe majors and for his part in this affair in which connors assaulted a it guard he was Lenten sentenced ced to an additional ten years neither his life sentence nor the ten years sentence has hag expired but connors has engaged attorneys to bring his case before the supreme court previous to the murder of policeman string connors burglarized the general mercantile store of S A henrichsen at scofield this and other burglaries are against him he fie was sentenced at price by judge jacob johnson |