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Show FOUND GUILTY OF ' KILLI SILVA; Preston and Smith Must Pay Penalty for Shooting Opponent Op-ponent of I. W. W. Pretton Found Guilty of Murder In Second Degree and Smith Convicted Convict-ed of Voluntary Manslaughter, After Trial Lasting Three Weeks. Ooldfleld. After a legal battle last-Ing last-Ing three weeka. In which every Inch cf ground !ia liecn bitterly contested, the Charge lu the Smlth-Preeloti murder mur-der trial wn Riven to the Jury Thursday afternoon, and a tordlct wa relumed lain nl night. Preston waa found guilty of murder mur-der In the second degree, which cor--lit. a penalty of from ten ynari to 'ire Hmlth wna found guilty of voluntary vol-untary mansloughter, with the iieiiiity fr im one to ten years. The conspiracy enso ot 8t John and other Members of tho I. W. W. went oier under n motion In quish the In-dlittnenta, In-dlittnenta, but the finding of tho Jury (slnst Smith, who wns cbninod aa an arcci ssory, preangea nn opinion from thi court ngulnat tbe so-called con-l'uiior. con-l'uiior. The Jury In I he matter of I'm 'on recommended mercy. Mlv.1, for whose death Preston and Smith ore held tvsponslble, wau con-du'tlnz con-du'tlnz n restaurant In floldflotd, nml riiinog the recent strike dlscl.irged lis I W. W. empln)es nnd refuted to recognise that union. The charge tins been made lhal he wa murdered by the accused men nt the Instlgiitlnn nf the lender nt the union because, of the stand ho took In opposition to ihe'r organliatlon. |