Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
N|NER'S JURY
 BRINGS IN NJ
 VERDICT YE l

Yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock, 1 the final instruction had been read to the jury and the F men who acted as jurors inN the trial of H. B. Miner, charged with murder of John Williams, filed into the jury rom. The jury went to bed without having found a verdict.
 Miner as he faced the jury as the closing arguments and instructions were given bore an appearance of in- nOcence In his hand he held a book, evidently not for the effect on the jur- ors, as it was small and held closely, and if they noticed at all, they could not discern the title. At the morning and noon recess the defendant seemed to be deeply engrossed in the volume and when he was asked what inter- ested him so intently, he replied, "The Scriptures" He had the utmost confi- dence in being acquitted of the crime which he said he committed in self defense.
 Assistant County Attorney Harry Johnson made the opening argument for the state reviewing the testimony and adding what he said was his the ory when objection was made by George Purdy Bullard, for the defense of 'conjectures" and not evidence be- ing presented.
 MT. Bullard who followed MT. Jofn- son, took occasion to again condemn the method employed by the county attorneys office of forcing a man to go to his office against his will for the purpose of trapping him.
 T am not here to abuse the county attorneys office-only the system it | employs" he said as he denounced the plan of not protecting a man in his legal rights.
 For the sake of the good name of the bar of this state. am going to put a stop to this practice of the county attorney. If this man is convicted, I | will take this question up to the su preme court and if the supreme court holds that a defendant can be taken forcibly out of jail to the office of the county attorney, I will attempt to get the legislature to pass law against | such an unfair and unjust thing being done in this community
 The evidence the county attorney ac- quired by third degree methods, MT. Bullard contended was substantially the same as that which Miner offered when he took the stand in his own be- half. He stated that no motive for murder had been discovered, that there was no motive other than self defense. Of the two theories which had been advanced, he asked which was the more reasonable-the theory of the prosecution that without any quarrel Miner, without an angry word being spoken had killed the man known as John Williams, in cold blood-the sec ond theory that he had been attacked and in danger of his life, had fired the shot which proved fatal.
 There was not a scintilla of evi- dence that the defendant had anything to gain by the death of the deceased , claimed counsel for the defense. "Ac- cording to the theory of the prosecu- tion there was no heat, no quarrel no passion. The life of the boy for 20 years I have shown you-not by friends of the family, but by officers sworn to uphold the law--not a few who have known him all his life. That he would suddenly develop into monster is in- credible. The very witnesses for the prosecution outside of Turner testified as to his good character"
 Mir. BuIlard referred to the knife which he said for some mysterious req son had disappeared. T do not know whether Turner took the knife out oi Williams hand, but it is a peculiar thing that no search was made for ii at the time," contended MT. Bullard as he told of Turner's preserving it fol evidence in the tool house" and thai Turner had said a man whose name he had forgotten and who was now il parts unknown had it.
 Tt is unfortunate for the defendant that there were no eye witnesses. Only the defendant, God Almighty and the deceased know what occurred on that August night. There is no evidence tC show that Miner did not kill Williams
 in self defense. Give him the benefit of the doubt" pleaded the lawyer as he asked the jurors to recall tha Christmas was but 1T days away Don't you think on this great day O. peace and good will you can conscien-