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dollar from car NOW woum ne.p.^ 0,u lt;— ————wim i'.thk hhht uwmEEi J^1slt;|uicr Charged ^Vilh the Murder ^XQT 1 of losh Thomason is Convicted joUrna» v 1'cnaUv Life Imprisonment.Mr. IIhe trial of K Squie;, charged with ,n all tht he murder of Josh 'Ihomason last hc is nov N jvcmUer. near Clevctaad, l.ibcrt sq, he inoumv. was one of the most interest- vcslO foitrials that has ever taken place Mrs ;The prose* ution relied wholly wcc^vis* ft f -ul ^ i. t V A'Vnon circumstantial evidence for a 'lt; n dion. Testimony was mtroduc-Wc w.'onviction.AntflO i. 1 , 4 i. d to show that the defendant had been duringr.iiled from the scene of the homicide Clcvclaii blood-hound twenty four hour* Mrs.ifter I homason was killed The:dc- ^•n e was that the defendant was _so ^ ^*r. c was that me ut term aturelv afflicted with rheumatism at the•ill of the killing that he could not Thc„e w liked the distance, according cto the theory of the state, that the* 1 M A. i- i 1 liaffi ■HISS.arty who killed Thomason must have M« ravined to and from the killing. I he in 1ravelieu vo anu nwta* r cwitlevlefendant also undertook to prove an Sw.lletd,bi that is. that hc was at another I okind a different place at the time of the of bui|.lliivj. Hie case was ably conducted mont^'» hotit sides. Messrs. C I.. Carter,lie district ailorncy, If. T. Branch. Mr.ounty attorney and!.. UourUss our umini) duvN'-t -7 fl u; 1it the state, and Messrs. 1. High- ,fhowcr, jr. and Stevens Marshall for '»I defendant. The trial begun on M«he defendant, me K. jeI'hur-day and was concluded at one ^,’rlock Sunday morning, the verdictI lUv N eiunuw; ------- c*’eing guilty with the penalty of impra-\nment for life in the penitentiary. A dowrmtion for a new trial having been tQwnlOuC»I Ik.*1 ** ,,v « _ %,\ crruled, the defendant's counsel arc praj,reparing the case for an appeal. (low.U«k« ------ ____. I____ .Ii
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Liberty Vindicator
Liberty, Texas, US
Fri, Sep 01, 1899
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