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Petition

Hon. Wm. Spray,
Governor of Utah.

This appeal is directed to the
Board of Pardons in behalf of
Joseph Hillstrom, under sentence
of death in the Utah Penitentiary
We have read and heard some
thing of the case:
1st - We do not believe Joseph Hillstrom guilty of the case 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 defendent 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
Mary Rochlin? 15 Reardon Pk Rochester NY
H W Clyde Gen Del Rochester NY
M Cohen 40 Weld St Rochester NY
K J. Gelza? 877 Hudson Ave
M Lerman 88 Nassau St Rochester NY
Samuel ????? 18 Vienna St
J Heit 13 Grant St
J Goos? 9 Sullivan St Rochester NY
A Wlashinsky? 48 Durver St Rochester, NY
P. Drobish 50 Hanover St Rochester
L Lazareff 127 W?s?l????
J. Silverman 75 Chatham St?
P. Belen 30 ???? St
J. Rabinoff 95 Thomas St Rochester NY
M Michlin 33 ??????? St
? Benson 6 ???? St