Show by playing a clever legal trick on a court portland ore sept 15 A special to the oregonians oregonian Ore gonian from wash says A man convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be banged has been allowed to lie in jail at walla walla undisturbed for nearly three years oscar bradshaw was convicted in franklin county in december 1902 and was sentenced to be hanged he gave notice of appeal and was remanded to the walla walla county jail bradshaw never prosecuted ills appeal and has been allowed to remain in jain undisturbed ever since the prosecuting attorney tor franklin county now asks what he can do about it and the attorney general advises him to file the record in the supreme court and move a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution bradshaw with a companion entered hatbox car for the purpose of robbery they there murdered another man who was in the car bradshaws Brad shaws companion confessed and was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary bradshaw claimed self defense |