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yr u jjtuoi.u hula vwvm —' - - 1 iisection of the audience roocu, •itr-mreHOUCK IN THE PEN. n»The Motion far • New Triel Overruled dlBy Judge WickNam. statotLast Friday, at Mt. Vernon, Judge hi Wickham overruled the motion for a cc new trial for George W. Houck, found N guilty of second degree murder for the tfc killing of Mrs. Sarah Jane Hess. Exceptions by the defense were noted, and j a Houck’s attorneys were granted fifty s? days in which to prepare and tile a bill o\ of exceptions. ntHouck, when brought into court to or receive sentence, maintained the same C stolid indifferoee to the proceedings ct that characterized him throughout the ol greater part of the trial ot his case. When asked if he had anything to say rt why the penalty of the law ehould not di be passed upon him, he replied In the ti negative in a cool and collected manner, 44 He was then sentenced to the peniten- b tiary at hard labor for the remainder of ci his natural life, and to pay the costa of b the prosecution. No member of his|tt family was present to share with him the shock or the sentence; but the blow was expected and he had fortified him self for it, and when the solemn words were spoken by the judge which meant fc hie living entombment and eternal dla tl grace, not a muscle of the condemned I man’s face betrayed the slightest emo-tion IHe wa* taken to Oolumbue, Saturday c morning, and turned over to the pent-1 u tsntiary officials.Will T«k« • Him Pl»fi«
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Democratic Standard
Coshocton, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 28, 1901
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