Show ss n f ys y T THE SENTENCE judge hunter pronouncing tiro tim doom of death on hopt A special dispatch irom salt lake city in yesterdays issue informed inform ed our readers ef the sentence passed by y judge hunter on fred hopt tho I 1 he particulars of the proceedings diDgS in court on the occasion occasion arc are thus given in tho the desard news agreeable to the order of chief justice hunter the motion made by defendants conn counsel sel in the caso case of the people vs fred hopt to set aside the verdict of guilty and grant a new now trial on the grounds of errors in the rulings of the court came up for hearing at about half past 10 friday borni morning 11 9 mr snider for the defendant opened the argument and was 0 opposed by district attorney dickson dit after which the judge overruled the application for a new trial and proceeded forthwith to pass sentence upon the prisoner fred hopt alias welcome stand up have you anything to say why the sentence of the court should not bo be pronounced against you prisoner all I 1 have to say is that I 1 am innocent his honor you were indicted by the grand jury of this district of k the crime of murder in the f first arst degree and have been tried by a manner by y law and have been found guilty of that crime tho the penalty affixed by the statute ut e for the crime crime of which yon have been convicted is death and must be inflicted by hanging banging you by the neck until y you ou aro are dead or by shooting you at your discretion which mode of death do you elect shall bo be inflicted upon you prisoner 1 I choose to be shot his honor it is th the c judgment u dment I 1 of the court that you fred fre jd hopt indicted in the name of fred welcome be taken from hence to some place of confinement until friday the N day of juno next and between the bours ours of ten in the forello forenoon ork and two in tho the afternoon of the last named day in the yard of the jail or the place where r e you are confined or in some other th er private place in territory you be shot until you are dead ake the condemned man during the passing of the sentence exhibited no unusual emotion simply wiping ili his forehead with his handkerchief before rl rising to take the platform between the judge and iio ho stood facing the former with his head bent down listening until tho the sentence had bad been pronounced when he be was led away by the marshal the tile court room was crowded several ladies being inside the bar ona one of them with a an n infant which made rade considerable noise during the solemn proceedings much to the annoyance of those present there was some bustle in the crowd as tho the prisoner was led away but no improper de demonstration non and mo moat qt of the throng remained in the tile court room yoom to drink in the details of the next murder trial on the docket |