The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-29
WON'T ENTERTAIN
AN APPEAL FOR
B0SWORTH
Habeas Corpus Writ Denied BY
Supreme Court
DOOMED TO DIE ON FRIDAY
Justice Watson Says Petition Of
Slayer Of Mae Labele is
Entirely Without Merit"

Montpelier. Dec. 2sIustice John
H. Watson of the supreme court de-
ellnes to entertain a petition for a
writ Of habeas corpus presented 10
him by Attorney Roland +. Stcyens
of Hartford in behalf of Arthur Dos
worth under penalty to die on the
gallows in the states prison al Wind
scr next Friday for the murder Of
Mae Labellc OF Essex Junction cL
June 9. 1911. II was stated thar The
petition was so entirely without
merit" that the writ was no, signed.
Until Friday night it was not def
nltely decided whelhe- 10 bring the
petition before Judge u. S. Stantcn in
Windsor County court Monday ater-
neon or direct 10 q member o; the
Supreme court.
Attorney stevens stated here that
he brought the petition before JUS
tice Watson. list. to save time. In
order That the habeas corpus matter
might have full consideration anu
second, because there vas a possi
bilty that Judge Stanton on accoun,
cf Illness m5h no, be able to re-
open court in Woodstock Monday.
Judge Stanton. who WIS in town
Yesterday afternoon, rode to Mont
rel.er on The same train with NJ.
steyens, and discussed the case, and
Il IS believed that Judge s,gnton
was agreeable to the plan Of Dos.
wcfth's counsel TO have the petition
80 before . ipdge OF the states high
est tribunal
Judge Stanton was In CONDENSATION
during The afternoon With Attorney
Genera! Il. +. Brown Of burlington
bat NJ Brown was net hero on ;ho
B5sycgth matter and had no knowl-
edge Of the status Of the case out
side OF what has appeared in the
newspapers. lie was not present
When Air. Stevens p csented his pc
;ltion to Justice Watson.
The action OF Justice Watson
breaks another hope 10 save l'os-
wcrihs life. Notice was served y
day or TWO ago on Judge Stanton,
presiding AZ the present tenn Of
Windsor County court, that a petit
ton fer writ OF habeas corpus was
being prepared and would b. pre-
scented 20 him Judge stanton said
yesterday that outside OF the notice
he had no information about the mat
ter and otherwise lie case was not
before him. The decision reached
by Justice Watson will no doubt
have great bearing on the future OF
the case. and under the circumstauc.
cs it appears improbable that . su.
pe,ior judge will now interfere.
Boswofths attorneys have never
held ont any hope that they would
save him, ana At most expected 10
secure stay Of execution In order
to consider constitutional questions
which had been raised. The main
point was that they claimed hos.
worth did MOI have q chance TO pre-.
'thA MS Ndrf Api tuiliHlulditu hi
sentence before the Legislature or
1912. The judiciary committee con.
tend Otherwise and say that date
was fixed for a hearing but none OF
Iiosworths friends appeared.
LcsWorlh. Who * q British subject
has through his counsel. laid his case
before the British consul q, Boston.
but up to date no application Tor "a
STAY OF execution has been made b.
the British embassy. /, is under.
stood that the British consul has re.
ferred the matter TO an eminent at.
torney who believes there Is a ques.
ton whether or not Bosworth's full
constitutional rights have been con.
served. but beyond that nothing has
been done
10 is said thar Bosworih ouieriains
hope that be win be given life in.
prisonment. although hts counsel
have plainly indicated to him thai
unioss a stay was secured through a
Wi, Of habeas corpus his chances
were slim. Ills mother in ENGLAND
continues he appeals 10 spare bis
life. GOV. Fletcher has already re.
fused TO Interfere.