Show JURY HANGS IN ROBINSON CASE HAMBLIN PLEADS GUILTY AND IS GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE OR OK PAROLE VERDICT OF GUILTY RETURNED IN ORTON CASE NORRIS BEING TRIED TO TODAY DAY FOR LIQUOR LAW violations A hung jury in the case ot of the state vs wesley iesley robinson a plea 0 of guilty from rock hamblin and a ater verdict tor for the prosecution in the case ot of the state vs va akton are tb results in three rape cases which have bave occupied the attention of 0 the district court in session here this week in the first case in which miss bliss mae draper was the prosecutions chief witness hancock and sclay ider the kattef 0 of the firm 0 of king lder were d dependents efen dents counsel and district attorney george ii lunt prosecuted the seas asa aunt allt to tt the jury about p in on tues bues diy daiy after occupying all 0 of monday sn cia until that hour on tuesday ot if 0 many who heard beard the case were that the jurras woula dis agree and sure enough ut after er numerous ballots they stood five fo conviction and three for acquittal in n their statement that thai there appeared appia ed to be no possibility ot of agree malt it they were dismissed from further service in the case A retrial of the case may not abt be had until next term while the jury was out on the robinson case jacob rock hamblin charged with a like offense with the same asked to withdraw a former plea ot of not guilty and entered elit ered a plea of guilty wal ing time for sentence A k statement ista from the defendent defendant that he is suffering from a dise e requa that he be be in the open and sunlight to prolong his life and a recommendation from the district attorney were heard by the court before passing sentence ben tence the district attorney stated that because of the defendants condition incarceration in the state penitentiary would probably result la in death and he therefore recommended a suspended sentence under the strict est terms of parole the court entered its order and judgement jud gement that the defendent hamblin be remanded to the custody ct the sheriff of iron county to be taken to the state penitentiary for not to exceed five years yearb and then in view of 0 the condition and the district attorneys recommendation men dation the court suspended sentence the provi Drovis sirs lors ot of the suspension or parole are that it he shall violate any state law or city ordinance or shall fall fail to report in person to the court on tie the first day of the term in november ot of this year the march june and november terms ot of 1927 and the march and june terms ot of 1929 then he shall have violated his parole and the sheriff Is instructed to take him to the state prison jury for the trial of the orton case was on tuesday atter afternoon ter noon and the case went to them I 1 shortly after tour four on wednesday they were out only a short time and returned with a verdict of guilty the time for or passing sentence was let for or friday morning durham morris and wm win F knox defended and district attorney lunt prosecuted sarali sarah bettridge Belt DeLt ridge was the states state s chief witness the case of the state against 01 lie norris appealed from froin the justice court of cedar precinct where de fen derit was found guilty and fined for possession ol of intoxicating liquor Js now being tried the jury having been this wednesday afternoon |