The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-04-25
THE WAGES OF
SIN Is DEATH =

der of Jean Quilici at Inlay on the
night of January was brought into
court at ten o'clock this morning to
receive sentence. The court room was
comfortably filed with spectators, at
tracted by the unusal occurrence. At
the appointed hour Judge Ducker took
the bench and asked il defendant was
represented by counsel. Judge M. 8.
Bonnifeld arose and stated that he had
been requested by j. H. Wise, counsel
for Uric, to appear for defendant at
today's proceedings.
The Court then commanded Uric to
stand up and read the preliminary por-
tion Of the sentence, relating to his ar
rest, indictment and conviction When
the Court asked "Have you any legal
cause to show at this time why judg-
ment should not be pronounced against
you," Judge Bonnifield arose and pre-
sented lengthy motion for a new
trial, which alleged % errors at the
trial. The principal grounds assigned
were that the indictment contained two
separate causes Of action,was not sign
ed by the formean Of the grand jury,
did not state that Quilici died within
a year and a day from the time he was
shot, and that the confession should
not have been admitted in the first in
stance.
The Court replied by stating that
he had passed on all the questions
raised; that under the Nevada statutes
it was not necessary for the Indictment
to be signed by the foreman Of the
grand jury; that the indictment stat
ed that defendant killed Jean Quilici
by shooting him with gun and pis-
tol, which was sufficient. The motion
for a new trial was then overruled and
denied, to which order Judge Bonni-
field excepted.
For a second time Uric was comm
anded to stand up, when the Court in
quired:
THE COURT-4Mr. Uric, you may
stand up. Have you any other cause
to show why judgment should not be
pronounced against youf
URIE--T have.
THE COURT--State it.
URIE-Well, l didn't have any
chance. Let me go to the penitentiary
and prove myself to be a man; that |
do want to be man of respect and
truth and good character. l don I
want to have to lay my life down for
another mans crime. l don't want to
= have to leave my dear old parents to
die in sorrow. All that / ask for is
the chance. Let me prove myself
that / do want to be a man Of good
principles and truth and good char
acter.
THE COURT-The jury has passed
on that, Mr.. Uric, and found you
guilty and fixed the penalty, and it Is
now entirely out of the hands Of the
Court.
Whereas, no legal cause having been
shown or appearing why Judgment
should not be pronounced against you;
Now, therefore, it is ordered, ad-
judged and decreed, and IL the judg-
ment Of the Court that you, the de-
PENDANT, Nimrod Uric, are gnily Of
the crime Of murder of the first degree,
as charged in said indictment, and that
for that offense and in accordance with
said conviction and verdict, you, the
said Nimrod Uric, shall suffer death.
And it il the sentence of the
. law, pronounced upon you by the
Court, that you, Nimrod Uric, the de.
fendant herein, for the crime for which
you have been duly convicted by this
court, to-wit; murder of the first de.
gree, with the penalty fixed at death,
be, and you are, hereby remanded to the
custody the Sheriff of the County off
Humboldt, State of Nevada, to be by
him delivered to the warden of the
state prison of the State of Nevada,
and that you be by said warden OF
said state prison safely kept and con
fined until n day or time to be fixed
by warrant, in accordance with law,
and that on the day and time so to be
appointed and fixed in and by said
warrant, you, Nimr0d Uric, be taken
ty said warden of said state prison to
n place of execution to be prepared for
that purpose within the enclosed
limits of said state prison, and then
and there, at that time and place, by
the said warden, you Nimrod Uric,
he hanged by the neck until you are
dead.
And may God have mercy on your
As the last words fell from the lips
of the Court, Uric collapsed. Falling
hack into his chair in a heap he wept
bitterly, covering his face with a
handkerchief Sheriff Lamb and
Deputy Nofsinger stepped forward and
literally carried the condemned man
from the court room.
Uric will be taken to the peniten,
tary on No. in the morning by
Sheriff Lamb, there to remain until
the day of his execution.
TRAINER Still in County Jail.
J. Frank TRAINER, indicted with
Uric, and who secured change OF
venue to Washoe county, is still in
the Humboldt county Jail. The order
for his removal has not yet been re-
ceived by Sheriff Lamb, but in case il
is made out by the time the Sheriff re
turns from taking Uric to Carson City
TRAINER will be taken to Reno Fri
day morning
Recanxone Case ON Trial.
Yesterday morning the case of State
Of Nevada vs.. l.. Recanzone was begun
in the District Court. As both Judge
Ducker and, District Attorney Gala
han are disqualified Judge French II