Show locked up for life sentence in the case of the people vs biddlecome convicted of murder in the first degree was passed upon tilie defendant in the district court coure saturday A motion was made for a new trial bv tha the defense the main ground of which involved point of credibility of witnesses and was argued by J R sic me bride for tho the defendant and by IV ff dickson for the prosecution the matter being submitted the tile court advised overruled over ruled the motion on the ground that the jurors are the judges of the credibility of witnesses and the court declined to disturb the verdict found by them the prisoner was then asked to stand up judge hunter joseph biddlecome you were tried by a jury of this district and convicted of murder in the first tle degree grce have you anything to say why sentence should not be passed upon you prisoner lam not guilty judge hunter the sentence of tins court is that you joseph bid dle come be imprisoned in the tile utah penitentiary for the period of your natural life lire i the murder for which tha the prisoner was sentenced was committed november 20 26 1879 near rush lake county the victim being beilig clias chas jensen of that place deseret e mt news eus |