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Show AOAINUT fJIAMONDFIELO JACK. liillril hUlvt aaprrinn limrt ItemWit Or H-luu IxaliKt I Mm. 1 lie? I nttid Stntis supreme court rtudcred n decision Monday In thecaw of Dlamnndlleld Jcck" Daviaof Maho, couviited of murder, nfflrmlug the lie eithiii of the Unite I Mates circuit court of Idaho, which denied tho defeuilifat a writ of habeas corpus on the grouW that ha had note xhnusted all hla rljjhu In the lower courts. 1 he ease la n eelebratcd one in tin ncktilnvulvliigit "range war" bctarei cattlemen nnd sheepmen, resulting Ji a murder I lu Die arguments, tho point wbi made thai Davis waa convicted aoi cntcnccd to be hanged by the sheriff. Huhtequently the law placed lianglup In tho charge of the warden of the stall penitentiary It was contended that tho old law was repealed unit the no" law Inapplicable, being ex post facia Justice llrowu remarked that It would make litlta difference to tho accused who executed him, nnd tho decision of the state court wnnalilrincd fining Uu HierllT tho custody of thn prisoner |