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To The Honorable William Spry,
Governor of the State of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

The undersigned, all being citizens of the
United States, and whose addresses are
set opposite their names, having been informed
concerning the recent trial and
conviction of our fellow worker
Joseph Hillstrom, by the District
Court of Salt Lake County, Utah, for
the alleged killing of J. S. Morrison,
and his son, Arling Morrison, in
Salt Lake County, Utah, on January
10th, 1914, and of the affirmance of
the judgement of conviction of said
District Court by the Supreme Court of
the State of Utah, hereby make appeal
to your executive clemency on behalf
of said Hillstrom, and request that you
grant him a pardon, for the following
reasons, to wit;

That our fellow worker Hillstrom
was denied by the Judge of the said
District Court of Salt Lake County that
fair and impartial trial which is
guaranteed to all citizens of the United
States by the Constitution thereof, and the
laws of the State of Utah, in that the