Show shockley the Murde murderer ref his crime is one of the worst worse that ever shocked the tiie community I 1 james M shockley was once tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree M and was I 1 sentenced to death he making ino killo g the choice of bein being 9 shot thru a technical I 1 ground lie he secured a rehearing by order of the supreme court to which an appeal was wag made by his hi s attorneys attorney s wilson and smith the panelling empanelling em of a trial jury was beun begun be un on the alth dinst and completed on the after several era kenires venires had been drawn and i exha exhausted the case with which jeaa nearly ly every one is familiar is briefly this on the iii night lit of jan ath 1904 shockley while attempting to hold up and rob carmen olea glea S son oil and brighton shot and killed both men gleason dying dimmed lately while brighton lingered for a short time A plea of self defense was made but the jury found him guilty as charged and judge t morse sentenced him aim to death deat h shockley made the choice of shooting ta as mode of his execution after the tedious and task of securing se curina 0 the second trial jy jury the examination of witnesses was commenced on thura day the alst the evi evidence defte was practically a repetition of that which was given at the former trial Sho eldey took the witness stand in his own defense and brazon brazen fac edly told the jury that lie he went to the car fur the purpose of robbing the umen u men and shot ahoi them because they resisted on the tho the hiking of ev ovi dence was concluded and tit th case wasa was argued cruda by the actor 1 OUR CRIMINAL LAW IS FAULTY there is something M radically wron wrong with our criminal law and system of jurisprudence when it a fellow like shockley a self con fessel double murderer has to be kept for years at the eap exp expense anse of law abiding taxpayers taxpayers he started out to rob prepared to kill he was resisted when ho shot and killed one of the carmen on oil the spot and mortally wounded the other iffe he concesa ed d nis crime to tho the officers and it seems as abou though t h that ought to be sufficient evi evidence dence to convict but no his own word must not be taken lie he must be formally prosecuted lie he must have counsel to try to make him and the court and jury believe that he is innocent and after nearly every intelligent pers person on has heard and road read about the case and has of course formed an opinion as t the guilt of the man a jury must be empanelled empanel led composed of men without knowledge 0 or opinion I 1 I 1 |