Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-07 | Page 6 | Prison Breaker's Death Sentence is Affirmed

I I PRISON BREAKERS BREAKER'S DEATH SENTENCE IS Ar AFFIRMED United States Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of California Life Tenner Law Washington Nov A S life In prison who assaults another person with witha a deadly weapon Is Ia punishable with death under a u. decision announced b by the tho supreme court o of the United States today upholding the constitutionality of ot a California statute In so holding tho the court declined to interfere with the time death sentence Imposed on James V W W. Finley at Sacramento Sacramento Cal Nov No 6 James G.-James James W. W FInley was committed to Folsom Juno 19 19 1001 i from Mendocino county for tor murder under a i life sentence Seven years ago to together ether with several other prisoners he ime attempted a Jail break which resulted in the loss of or several lives A short time later the California Cali Call fornia law I providing the death penalty for prisoners assaulting officials with witha a n deadly weapon was invoked In his case The death sentence of ot Jacob Oppen- Oppen heimer who iio has killed two men and stabbed two others thereby gaining g the time title tithe of oC tho tue tiger of ot Folsom prison was toas practically affirmed toda today by tho timo supreme courts court's ruling TIe The decision also means capital pun pun- punIshment for tor W. W y Carson under sentence sentence- of ot death at I- I Folsom for tor or participating with James W V. r. Finley in the time attempted prison break in 1905 1105