Show J B NEWMAN GIVEN SENTENCE from five years to life lif e imprisonment imposed by judge harris yesterday afternoon the case ot of the state ot of utah vs jeffe jefferson r son B newman ot of ogden charged with assault to commit murder came to rather an abrupt close at yesterday afternoon alter after occupying nearly two days time before judge melvira C harris and a jury jirry in the district court in this city at this point in the case the defendant withdrew his plea of 0 not guilty and entered a plea ol of guilty upon which judge harris gave newman an indeterminate sentence of from five years to life in the state penitentiary three alienists allenis ts jars Garla Garl arld iid H pace foster J curtis of salt lake and fred W taylor ot of provo were present at the trial and at the conclusion of 0 the tali taking ing ot of evidence evl dence they were called to the witness stand to give expert testimony as to the sanity ol of defendant at the time the crime was committed their testimony in effect was the defendant was sound of mind and mentally responsible the case is one in which the defendant jefferson B newman and A J patrick while working at standard ville east of helper began negotiations for the purchase by newman of an overland sedan car from patrick on the morning of august ath they drove from helper to ogden where newman was to secure money to buy the car failing to get money at ogden they started tor for howell where newman was to secure the money from a brother according to the evidence the parties went north from tremonton Tre monton to garland and then west toward bothwell patrick questioned newman as to the distance to his bis brothers brother home shome and when told they were near the place decided td changed change his shirt in order to make a better appearance while standing in the car it Is alleged and slipping his shirt over his head a shot rang out and patrick turned to newman on the outside and said you leave shot me newman said he had not and another shot rang out which also struck patrick at this patrick rolled out of the car on the opp opposite side and ran down the road ile he was pursued by newman who Is said to have tired fired several shots at h him in patrick took a cut off the road into the fields and was later pursued by IN newman who upon catching up to him is said to have chocked him and stamped him in the fate terribly disfiguring him and rendering him unconscious Pat patricks screams tor for help were heard by a farmer nearby who came to the rescue newman lied fled in the car but was later arrested at ogden and since the preliminary he hearing r has been held in the county jail awaiting the action of the court district attorney leroy B young appeared fon forthe the state and attorneys samuel E blackham and S P dobbs for the delen defendant dant |