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PETITION.
HON WM. SPRY,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Governor of Utah:-
This appeal is directed to the Board of Pardons in behalf of
Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence of death in the Utal Penitentiary.
We have read and heard something of the case:
1st-We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the crime
for which he has been convicted.
2nd-We do not believe that he had a fair trial.
3rd-We have learned that the jurors were not selected in
the usual way.
4th-The defendant was practically without council when he
was on trial for his life.
5th-No motive was shown for the crime of which he was
convicted.
6th-The conviction was found upon the flimsiest kind of
circumstantial evidence.
Believing these to be the facts, we the undersigned, demand
that the death sentence in the case of Joseph Hillstrom be set
aside and clemency extended.
Name Address
[??]
To the Honorable William Spry
Governor of the State of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
HONORABLE SIR,
Whereas pubblic opinion, eorraborated by the action of
President Wilson in ordering the stay of execution of J. Hillstrom
(alias Joe Hill) is convinced that enough evidence was
non brought to light to convict said J. Hillstrom with capital
punishment, the undersigned: a respectfull citizen of the U.
S., demands that another trial be granted J. Hillstrom, and
appeals to your executive authority that American Justice and
fairness be given full cours.
Trusting that a possible innocent life be saved by the sole
application of Fair Justice.
Respctfully Yours
Name [?Modestino Someryyi?]
Address [?114 Manilla St?]
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