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^ ------P£ARL HART CONVICTED.She 2s First Acquitted, but Found Gdllly on a Second Trial.The tinge robbery at CancHprings, in which a woman itppcnrKii ui primri-pul, was the sensation of the year, smd the newspapers aud periodicals have published column uft*»r column of:| nauscallugdeulhmntil the people are heartly sick of Uie matter.The woman in the case, Tearl Hart, Is a notorious prontitnte and morphine fiend, well-known »o Phoenix, her companion a half-witted Frenchman known as Joe Hoot. A Final couuty graod jnry indicted Umb joiolty, bringing in two* true bilU, one for robbing'Oscar J. Neill of *390 and the other for robbings the stage driver, Iienry Bacon, of a j rix-shooter. JThe trial of Tehrl Hart, came np last Monday in our District Court on the first charge. Morrison A Griffin hfcc been appointed by the Court todeturwi, ! and they performed their duty ably and successfully, the jury bringing* io ! a verdict* r f not guilty.Judge Morrison’s anneal tothetcryJtM» Root having already plead g uilty, I was brought on'di?tlrt* printri pat’ 'fitcess I for the defense, slid hhi texthtiuU that he nsd compelled reari harw so lake part lu the robbery doubtless1-had its effent.lu the ercond trial, however, the symoathy dodge didn’c seem to work, and although the mme testimony was i offered, the jury brought 1n * verdict of guilty after being •out thirty minutes.The prisoners were yesterday afternoon brought before the Court for sentence and Jtsdge; DttVa gave the Arizona female bandit fire years io the | territorial penitentiary -bod her partner in the crime thirty years.
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Florence Tribune
Florence, Arizona, US
Sat, Nov 18, 1899
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