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PETITION

HON. WM SPRY
Salt Lake City, Utah

Governor of Utah:-
This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of
Joseph Hillstrom, 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.
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand
that the death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom to be set
aside and clemency extended.
NAME ADDRESS
Hugo Lenn
1114 Third Ave
Seattle Wash.