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Show J VANCE WANTS A THIRD TRIAL Sail Bake Nov. 12. Thomas Va:iee, alleged uxoricide, wants n third trial, 1 an( to this end tiled a motion for :t new trial In the dlUriet court Fri-I Fri-I dav afternoon. Vance wants another ! chance on the following grounds : I That the Jury was guilty of mb-condnet, mb-condnet, by which due and fair con-I con-I sideiatlon of bis side of the ease was prevented. . That tly curt misdirected the jury in matters of law and erred in decisions decis-ions on questions of law lu the couihij of the trial. That the vet diet was contrary to law and evidence. That new- evidence In favor of th' defendant has been discovered, which he failed to discover In time to present pre-sent at th trial. The motion was filed by A. J. Weber Web-er and John F. Tobin of thU city, and S. Abl-ott Mnglnnls of Ogden, Vance's counsel. Vance, charged with causing Marx-Vance's Marx-Vance's death by kicking and beating November 20. l'ii7, and by administering administer-ing olson the following day. was tried two years ago,v found guilty and sentenced to be shot; but the supreme su-preme co'-Tt, holding that the case was one of too much conjecture and I not enough evidence, reversed tho judgment of guilty and ordered a new trial. At the second trial, held in District Judge Lewis' court last week. Vance wus found guilty of assaulc with Intent lo murder, saving him from a death hi-ntence, and tho time for the jvaxing of sentence has lH-en set for next Saturday morning. Tho j minimum for this offense Is one year i In the male prison and the maximum j Is twentv vears. j 1 . I |