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3 The Statesman. Salem. Oregon, Sunday, Aocfast 13, 1S50 High Court to HearMurder V teal Nil Case Add C Hearing of two appealed first degree murder casesboth origi natiag in Portland were set Sat urday by the state supreme court tor September 12. Tne two defendants, Morris Le land and Robert Edgar Garver, ar under sentence to die in the gas chamber at the Oregon peni tentiary. .. , . " : Inland was convicted in Mult nomah county circuit court, with Judge James W. Crawford presid ing, for the death of 15-year, old Thelma A. Taylor of the St Johns district. According to the state s brief, the victim was forced by Inland, at the point of a long knife, , to walk down to the Wil lamette river and into a clump ct bushes where he held her pris oner throughout the night of Aug. S. 1949. ::: - ,. ; Started to Scream - , The. following morning, the prosecution contended, the girl started to scream, Leland appar ently became frightened and struck her several . times on the head with an iron bar; i The defense brief emphasized that Leland was once committed to the Oregon state hospital for observation and a psychiatrist tes tified he was unable to determine rifbt from wrong. . At the time of Inland's arrest he was in a stolen automobile and investigation showed he had a pre vious criminal record. Attorneys for Leland contended he was com pelled to make two written con fessions after , being kept awake for 28 hours. -"Only evidence connecting Le land with the crime was that pro Tided in the confessions", defense attorneys con tended. It was charged these confessions were ob tained under duress. Cravicted of Slaying Garver was convicted of slay ing: An cell Abbott, a janitor, while engaged in an attempt to commit the crime of. assault and robbery - In Portland Jan. 3, 1949. l Testimony at the trial showed, the state's brief said, that Norman Andrus and Leland Marshall, without previous arrangement, met the defendant In a Portland , tavern previous to the slaying and they had a discussion about a man carrying money from one -store to another. They later agreed to lie in wait and rob him, the brief aid. " I l- Abbott appeared jat approxi mately 9 pjnn carrying a a shop ping bag. the brief said, and pro ceeded to walk up the sidewalk. He was followed by Marshall and the defendant. Andrus remained In the automobile. Victim Starts to Bon The brief said Abbott was told to stand straight up and not look around. It was contended the vic tim then started to run, where upon Garver fired three shots. Abbott, aged 65, died in a hospital the following morning. Following Garver's arrest Mar shall and Andrus surrendered to the police, were charged with sec ond degree murder and received life sentences in the penitentiary. The Garver case was heard in the court of Judge James R. Bain. Defense attorneys based their appeal on trial errors and partic ularly introduction of testimony allegedly not applicable to the -case. :j ! Other supreme court cases set ; for hearing: September 5 DeGraw vs Grind rod, Kosmeki vs Portland Steve dore Company. September 6 Pritchard vs Ter rill, Webster vs Harris, Turner vs McCready. .September 12 Hindman vs U.S. of America. September 13 Ritchie vs Thom as, Atkinson vs Fairview Dairy Farm, Schmidt vs Fitzsimmons. Korea Subject of Turner Missionary Society Meet SUtetmaa News Service ' TURNER Mission work in Korea and. Japan was the lesson topic of the Missionary Society of the Christian church at its recent meeting. ; -Twenty - attended the meeting, led by Mrs. Dess Coggins. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. E. J. 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