| Show IT t vr i sentenced sant bcd at ten this morning sen son fence w was as cassed passed ou on two prisoners who had been een convicted of crime in the first district court the first was levi IV smith who was tried in the early part of the week and convicted of embezzlement he was sentenced ced to imprisonment in iho the utah penitentiary for for two years george catlin was the next prisoner who was called to the bar of the court to receive sentence this man was tried for the wilful murder of jas brown the crime was committed in ogden city on tho the of february 1882 the jury found him guilty of murder in the first degree tho the prisoner was informed by the court ou rt that the laws of utah gave to a person convicted of capital ouen sethe punishment for which is death tho the choice of jofh his is execution to be hung or shot the prisoner chose tho the latter the audle judge then thenaid said the sentence of the court urt iii in your case me mr catlin is is that you be taken hence to prison there to remain until the of june 1882 and that you bo be taken thence to some convenient place in tills this county between tho the hours of am and pm and there bo be shot until you are dead the counsel for the prisoner asked asbed for a stay of proceedings for ten days in which to prepare a arguments T un ants for a motion for a new tra trial na th the c petition was granted |
