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Judge Neal Orders ConvictsRelease From Slate PenGuy Henry Smith has been ordered released from the State Pen By District JudgeCaswell Neal of Carlsbad.Smith entered a guilty plea to armed robbery of the late Phil Vener, Hobbs merchant on September 23, 1963. Vener was murdered and brutally beaten In November of 1967.Smith was arrested in Hobbs, and was not represented by an attorney. He appeared in District Court and entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to 10 to 50 years in the State Pen.He started his drive to get out in 1964 when ahabaes corpus hearing was denied,on Nov. 13. 1967, Smith filed to vacate his sentence under rule 93 handed down by the U, S. Supreme Court,In freeing Smith, Judge Neal stated no order binding defendant over to District Court has been filed and no basis lor filing an Information,Smith was arraigned inguilty pier tc rmed ro- -of Phil Vener on *epter? - 1963. anted 1 not released tlt; th v • »f Montana.Local poundmaMer j . ■up 75 dogs dur ngDecembt , 59 were killed, '1 vereplaced in homes eignr claimed by owners.Nine cats were pH ked up, all nine were destroted. Three additional , *were killed that were . -idover from the pr- ajs months. Five dogs over for pet selection,In November ill dogs were picked up; 76 killed; 16 placed in homes; 12 claimed by owners.
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Hobbs Flare
Hobbs, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jan 11, 1968
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