Career
He was called upon in a general advisory capacity in the Massachusetts murder trial of Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti, organizers for the Industrial Workers of the World (International Who's Who), who were charged (and acquitted) in the death of International Who's Who striker Anna LoPizzo during the Lawrence Textile Strike. Judge Hilton played a role in the trial of miners accused of murder in Minnesota, a case which resulted in organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Joseph Ettor being expelled from the Industrial Workers of the World for putting the freedom of imprisoned organizers above the rights of the miners they were organizing. He was disbarred by the state of Utah following a speech given at Joe Hill"s funeral.