Show THE JURY SAYS NOT GUILTY beginning on thursday morning of last week the trial of the state of 0 utah vs M K lee charged with murder in the first degree has been occupying the attention ol of judge J D call in the district court in this city the work of securing a jury was not such a difficult matter the twelve men having all been secured by noon on friday so that the taking ot of testimony was proceeded with the men who were given the fate of lee to decide were AC nelson J P larsen and H J marble of 0 brigham F D baird and J T anderson ol of garland erastus peterson ot of bear river city J Y barlow ot of park valley edwin richards ot of Col collingston collinston Colllns linston ton J H jardine ot of tremonton Tre monton J at smout of Dewe deweyville and thomas peters ot of perry the prosecution has been attended to by district attorney roy D thatcher while attorney B C call has handled the defense assisted by henry seeger A number ot of witnesses were examined by each side the prosecution having all its evidence in monday during the forenoon session the defense opened by placing defendant himself on oa the stand his testimony being taken through an interpreter other witnesses were introduced by the defense the testimony taking was completed and the arguments legan began yesterday district attorney thatcher presented the states state a case in a masterful way calm and impassive without withof t attempts at flights of oratory he was as followed by attorney B C call for the defense whose effort was not only earnest but brilliant and he hammered home his arguments one by one with telling effect mr air thatcher closed the argument with a brief review of the evidence finishing at ten minutes to 4 immediately the court began reading the instructions to the lury jury from type written copy and it required quiren s 38 minutes to present them the instructions stated that it was possible to find the defendant guilty of murder in the first or second degree voluntary or involuntary man slaughter or not guilty the jury was required to wait a tew few minutes alter after the conclusion of the reading 0 of the instructions while their room was divested ot of papers magazines and other literature and then th they retired the courts instructions were we r that the e jurymen juryman might have sup supper p er but it should be served to them in their jury room as under no consideration were they to be permitted to leave the court house until after they had reached a verdict it was well on to live five when the jury went out and at 1030 10 30 they had bad arrived at a verdict which was presented to the clerk upon the convening of court and which read not guilty the defendant lee who Is a very small man excitable and who was evidently under a great strain during the entire trial sprang up when made to understand that he be had been mc acquitted quitted rushed over to the jury box und fervently ler vently shook each juror by the hand the jury was discharged at the con cliftton clift lon of the proceedings and lee went home with hla his attorney B U C call where he spent the night and left for garland this morning the plea made by the defense was that of self defense and the defendant got some of his best corroborative evidence from tho the star atar witness of the state mr joe who testified that koo had bad beaten lee seven times in fourteen days that koo was a big husky fellow and that he be demanded money from lee whom he was living walh although he had bad not worked and earned a cent the inability of lee to give him the money resulted in another beating and the de testified that the reason he be bought the gun was because he was afraid koo would do him more bodily harm barm and perhaps take his life as he koo told lee that he be had killed a man in korea those who ho attended I 1 the proceedings and listened to the testimony seem to feel that the jury could bring in no other verdict Is reported that on tho the first ballot the lury jury voted 10 lor for acquittal I 1 tor for murder in the first degree and I 1 for ibur murder in the second degree there was some misunderstanding of the courve courts instructions and after they had been gone over the jury stood 11 to 1 for acquittal the ono one being finally won over leo lee was a mighty happy little man this morning when he departed tor for garland |