The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-07
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Thomas Vance will not he executed 70,
the alleged murder Of his wife. Mar5
Vance. in November OF 1907. The iury
was given the case late Saturday night
after listening TO testimony for six days.
reached az agreement late Sunday after
noon and returned verdict OF guilty OF
assault with intent 10 commit murder.
The minimum punishment for this Of
Tense is one Years Imprisonment and the
maximum is twenty years
Tho time for passing OF sentence was
fixed FOR 10 O'Clock Saturday morning
Novembcr IL This is much better than
the FIRST time was the only comment OF
John +. robn. associate counsel for the
defense. alluding 10 the Grst trial at which
Vance was found guilty OF FIRST degree
~rlurder and sentenced TO be shot. In
accordance with his election, and il is
not believed that the defense will appeal
this time.
wi;E Il gup. TO q query DropounGed 10
him rs 10 whether lie wished 90 make
any statement >
Tie case was gwen 10 the jury at II 30
o'clock Saturday night. IN accordance
with the courts suggestion, the Jurors
organized by clecllng II. IS. Elder fore
man. Then they went 10 their hotel and
,ctlrcd for The night, Arising at o'clock
struggle over a verdict.
Look for Warmth.
luasua;ich as there was no heat IN the
Joint b1ildiDg Sunday, The jurors gave
up thc regular Jury room OH the NTH
floor for Snerlff Sharp's private office in
the basement. in which a fire was built
In the CRATE. Al | "a O'Clock Sunday
afternoon BaliT Hinton called them for
luncheon. but they requested q few more
minutes deliberation before being dis
a hey. hun
almost reached AL agreement the request
wat granted. Ten minutes later the
jurors called the baliR 10 rhe door With
tfc announcement that the ncar-aErec-
ment had gone Elmmcriny. and they
were taken to luncheon. returning al 80
10 resume deliberations. At 5:i5 they
annoWiced Am that they bad agreed. and
the court. the attorneys for the state
and the defense an6 the county laN with
utI"r necessary attaches OF the court,
We're notified.
Icing brought IN by Sheriff Sharp. The
jury did not come in for several min
utes, and i'm the Interim Vance was de-
cdedlY nervous. When tho jury FLED into
tne Jury box he scanned The face OF each
Juror eagerly. rs ii seeking to learn his
fate in advance.
IL response to Judge Lewis's question |
~ 10 whether a verdict had hcon reached |
Elder replied In the affirmative. Judge !
Lewis then as,;co him To state The YER
dict and Elder did The written ver-
ulct in"n was presented 10 the clerk OF !
the court, Nathan H. Tanner and rcad !
The iIry Was polled, each juror reply |
Ing i'll the affirmative 10 the question as |
70 Whctlcr tnat WAS his verdict. and |
Ncnco's face frightened considerably
Jurors Are Thanked.
The court thanked llc jury for its cvi-
dent conscientious consideration Of and /
hard work on the case and DISCHARGED
the jurors not drawn from the regular
PANEL Inssmuch us the verdict was
returned Sunday. Judge Lewis will have
O clock tl,is morning to announce the
time Tor The passing OF sentence.
Three Jurors. ii is understood. held ont |
Tor the death penalty until Sunday after
noon. Then two Of these consented to
q verdict OF assault with intent to mur-
der, hut the third held out for almost
tFre" hours longer for the death penalty.
Elder. the foreman. said after the yer-
dict had been returned thai the Jurors
had pledged themselves moi To talk about
their deliberations after they wcro dis
charged but admitted That the question
as 10 whether the death penalty should
be infilcled consumed considerable time.
Any ono Of six vcrdicts Was possible
as follows: Murder I'm the first degree
without recommendation for clcuency !
which would have meant death; first de-
gree murder with clemency recon-
nendation: meaning life mprisonment:
assault with intent 10 murder, assault
and battery: plain assault or not guilty !
The verdict shows that this jury gave
little heed TO the poisoning charge upon
which the first jury mainly based It's
verdict moaning death. Mr.. Tohiu said
Sunday night that he will not know
whether the case Will he appealed again
until nc consults with a. ]. Weber, chief
counsel for the defense. This consuIta-
tlon likely will be held today.