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PETITION
Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and heard something of the case:
1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted. 2nd. We do not believe that he had a fair trial. 3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way. 4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was on trial for his life. 5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted. 6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumstantial evidence.
Beliving thsee to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and clemency extended.
Name Address Charles McGarigle Taft, Cal, Claude Moore Taft, Calif. Sam Orloff Box 606, Taft, Cal Lawrence P. O'Brien Joseph Burner W. J. Hunt Taft, Calif John Stocker Taft, Cal H. J. Hines -- -- Dr. Shanahan Taft-- Cal Rihard Parker Taft Cal L. T. Maroney Taft Cal P.O. Box 636 C Nelson Taft Cal Box 636 A. J. Winget Taft, Calif
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PETITION
Hon. Wm. Spry, Governor of Utah.
This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of Joseph Hillstrom, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, under sentence of death in the Utah Penitentiary. We have read and heard something of the case:
1st. We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted. 2nd. We do not believe that he had a fair trial. 3rd. We have learned that the jurors were not selected in the usual way. 4th. The defendant was practically without council when he was on trial for his life. 5th. No motive was shown for the crime of which he was convicted. 6th. The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of circumstantial evidence.
Beliving thsee to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand that the death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom be set aside and clemency extended.
Name Address Frank A. Dewey Coulterville, Calif. I. J. Bloer Coulterville, Calif. Edgar B. Pine Coulterville, Calif. Geo. A. White Coulterville, Calif.
