Show CASE A G A I 1 N BROUGHT INTO T supreme court decision made in local shooting case JUDGES UNANIMOUS IN THEIR DECISION circumstances did not warrant belief by williams that his life was in danger A notable decision was made in the supreme court of the state last saturday one possessing considerable interest to richfield where the circumstances cum stances aie ai c quite familiar to local people tile the case was one which had been tried in the district court here it A pertaining to the shooting of hans borg a young man mail who accompanied his brother broth r dan borg then city marshal to assist in the arrest ot al Wf williams walliam lliam under circumstances which were suspicious sus and incriminating in ili seeking to enter a private house haus hans borg was dangerously wounded by al wi Williams who was the occupant of one of the rooms presumably in ili the company of 0 a woman the case came up lip for trial in the district court here williams having been arraigned on oil a charge of attempted manslaughter J II 11 erickson was judge at the time and the case was tried by a jury Will williams ianis being found guilty he i through jipp xa ur u 1 r W appealed appeal cl case to the supreme court and that body of eminent barristers bar who had carefully reviewed all the circum stances made its decision which is ib lengthy but plain as print the opinion was aras x written ritten by justices Jus liLes corfman and william na L mccarty and concurred in by bv justice trick prick it sustains the decision of the si rth district dis district trici court and NN fall set at ai rest many conflicting leas ideas it which were vere current here at ole time of the trial in ili summing up judge mccarty citing the noted anselmo case said baill the then chief justice jubilee D in the last analysis ina lysis held that the killing of the officer by aai selmo was ble homicide the v writer took the position that the act of the officer in ili makiji making 9 the arrest was legal and from any and ejary point of view commendable that lie he have been derelict in his duty if lie he had failed to make tile the arre ift ansi ans aiva I that lie neglect eil a duly lie alv eato himself his family and to the state by not having his gun in his hand instead of a police clui club and i shoot i ig down when wb c lie he started to draw his revolver all dujat blat was in ili fact settled tn in the 1 anselmo casc was that while the ar of the defendant in ili that caw case wis alvas unlawful it amounted to nothing moie than a technical trespass on oil the file part ot of the officer making the aref arrest T tin jury found that the circumstance st aiice under winch the attempt to arreba weli made did not I 1 justify or wan mariant wa ant 9 n belief on his part that djs 3 s life wa v a menaced or that lie he wt witt in danger of receiving groat great or all any bodily injury and that alint the shooting sho otini 0 wounding voun ding t f tile the oi officer was and aecus able therefore regardless dloss of xvi cheth e th or cr ali the attempted arr st was legi leg I or the assign ui jit of error ill question he be overruled I 1 |