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Resolution.

Whereas, we the Jewish speaking people of Workmen's -
Circle Branch 497, in massmeeting assembled, have
learned that one comrade of ours Joseph Hillstrom
by name, is being unjustly held in jail in
Salt Lake City, Utah, under a sentence to die on
Nov. 19, 1915;

Whereas, we from all accounts of his trial have
become convinced that the said Joseph Hilstrom
is innocent of the crime of which he is accused
and is merely a victim of a conspiracy, due to hatred
and prejudice of account of his activity in the labor
movement;

Whereas, Joseph Hilstrom never had a fair trial;

Whereas, he has been denied a new trial in spite of the
gravest errors in his trial; and

Whereas, this innocent man is in immediate danger
of being judicially murdered, due to the stubborn
prejudice of his judges, and

Whereas, these same judges in the Board of Pardon