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Show JURY ACQUITS ACCUSED JP After four hour6' deliberation tho Jury In the case of S. Nakahara, churged with tho murdor of T. Oshlma, lu a noodle restaurant on Twenty-fourth Twenty-fourth street on tho night of September Septem-ber 20, 1910, returnod u erdlct of not guilty and tho Jap was given his liberty at 9 o'clock InBt ovenlng Tho caBe wont to tho jury shortly after 4 o'clock In tho afternoon. His Inability to understand tho proceedings pro-ceedings relatlvo to the trial characterized charac-terized Nakahara's actions following the decision of the jury He was not aware for some tlmo that he was a flee man and when a deputy sheriff, who happened" to be going to tho post-office, post-office, asked the Jap to como along with him. Nakahara supposed that ho was Btlll in custody, and asked the officer of-ficer In broken English If he was going go-ing to Salt Lalco- to begin his term In tho penitentiary Tho Introduction of testimony in the caso of tho statd against S. Nakahara Naka-hara was concluded at noon yesterday when tho defendant was taken through a cross-examination by the attorney for tho state. Argumonts woro made yestorday Tho defendant's tostlmonv was brief but to tho po'nl- Ho stated that he had loaned Oshlma $80 In Idaho and that only $10 of It had been pnld back, lie went to Oshlma'6 place of business on the night of the shooting for the purpose of getting a settlement. He said that Oshimn told him ho did not have the money with which to pay and then he suggested that he pay part of it Oflhlma beenmo angry, the defendant said, and drew a rovo'l-or. rovo'l-or. Nnkahara said ho seized Os-hlmn's Os-hlmn's gun and, la the scuffle for tho weapon It was discharged. As soon ns ho got possession of tho rovolvor Oshlma rushed to a tablo and grabbed a largo butcher knife, rushing with It In his uplifted hand toward the defendant de-fendant In n threatening manner The defendant said that he thought Ob-hlma Ob-hlma would kill him and no fired at his assailant as a matter of self-protection. Tho defendant said ho did not carry a gun to the Oshlma restaurant res-taurant thai night and that ho shot Oshlma with his own gun. Attorney Willis was placed on tho stand to testify regarding his employment employ-ment In tho caso in the Interests of tho Ktatc Mr Willis stated that ho had been employed by tho Japaneso .soplot of tho city. |