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Show Principals in Blackburn Murd I m m k AVI,, .-7;; & Ax " f i . -v I it, . ' T. " h tJ p. J? t ' , . - s 'r " f r f V, 4V " W'? . 1 v 'is tt -v F ' ' " ? . ' ftX", 1 I - ' - h i 1 " , Mm. ' j1 jv ,AJ Top row left to right. Sam King, Defense Attorney; Adam S. Duncan, Dun-can, Prosecutor. Claude Blackburn, Black-burn, Accused. Lower row. Left to right. Archie Sorensen, Chief of Police; Officer Offi-cer Hendricksen and lower, J. R. Mclntyre, Deputy Sheriff. w ' I i "I r 1 ' - J THE BLACKBURN CASE. After a much too long " delay. Claude Blackburn, Carr Fork Garage murderer, finally went to trial during the week. Apparently every technical advantage advant-age has been taken by Attorney Sam. Ring to disrupt the State in this prosecution. pro-secution. Prosecuting witnesses have been summoned time after time only to be sent home again. The State of Utah has been put to great expense, needlessly in bringing this case to trial. The jury was chosen Saturday afternoon and the case commenced Monday morning. Although every man under the constitution con-stitution of the United States charged with a crime, is presumably Innocent In the eyes of the law until convicted beyond a reasonable doubt the Blackburn Black-burn case Is a rival in every manner to the recent Hickman case in California Cali-fornia and will undoubtedly cause as much comment before it is ended. |