The New York herald., 1871-05-05

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thank for The faithful duly
the course thus Tor having Kept YOU together You
win do the cred. to believe trust tha. have acted
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certainly as to so there bs q reason
be aaa tast you have been bribed or ,ampered WITH
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no When the Jury ,ssS tired g bad
% Of aes
They had been for many days confined ,:fshs and dis
human observap except the question brought
lip: month they isl. as though rs
lieved OF great incubus and prepared themselves state
Ing of evidence the charge ho Court Being ali
to soaeh su
Ing they osfa
first determined to select
as s usual In suchase Their choice fell upon B. F. sterrett
the pnteT the most elderly man upon the jury They next
rule the discussions which might ensue Next they deter
mined that
should be aken to indicate how the jury stood body
Juror s Beach
ss s.Ss j Has shss.r Hs,n,cn D. G.
John Z. rrseman, 8 Asa Wells, Ernest Mayrsc6 lo
shout Disagreement upon ballot saeh juror
b.n e ranss hs n sS All Il. S g
would be IN order hat was procured and placed the
- ,-.. :. ISsTnuoTEp TIE JURORS s9g
o f he % u was don. NOT Sns Ss
placed their written ballos within fecep-
marx d this episode the dssharss their
4, e how he each @ the sS o. the
tween them upon the question Of tho
Of the prisoner at Laura b. Fair The ballots
al in and the jurors resumed their seats all anxious 70 know
r Wells then appointed tho secretary and teller and
ssS % S saS the go as out
snS aa 1Ssn.as sa the
I'M M foreman the there are weye ballots u = for guilty.
IL he 0S IN n'
n
The ali tha. remains for us to return to
the coqr room and our verdict to the Judge
the returned to the court and delivered the result Of
''''' AFTER THE VERDICT
The news Of The 70 % of Of the Jury and Their verdict
a n dsns
@ Ss Of the ysrd Saa s appeared uon
saFgoqpsea y eager crowd Il readers, who read
the hand and saidawe done justice vndicaea We
se@bsd upon the dswa ana discussed sle verdict and
s sssgy wA d the
oPISIoN E1rErseED WAS UNANIMOUS
s
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the they congratulated by friends
10 IN the S ns at IN h M paor @
diet and we have yet 10 hear single opinion against it.
justice.
the delivery OF verdict that consns her to the gaows
onca CHAIR When her daashsr Caught 5
instantly hood q sweled from her heart and she
hid her nSe % her zap, soo1ag S This This
had upon ihs lie MOTHER oOeaence
q the child and hurried from the court room to hide
the tears that would M.s not .Sr down. TIT, xorurr
Of Mrs Fair betrayed no 1raordnary emotion Her face
Of the that must have RACED in her breast
she the child OF her bosom condemned to gnomn
The grief Of the child
AwoKE FEELINGS OF COMPASSION
large crowd; and that justice vindicated,
minsterng invoke pity
the child, II not the mother
Slowly dispersed, and after brief period the
convicted removed the county JAIL whence
may again emerge meet her God. Impass
able emooness, the convicted Laura D. Fair
the who capuvaed and then slew her victim
wHAT NExTp
As matter OF there will be motion for
trial. which being denied appeal will be taken to the su
win he msds on Ma
took exceptions in the of the trial, and
these exceptions will motion for trial be based. Pro-
exceptions to the testimony
general reputation admitted by the Court Beside these
ccuions rulings of the Court Is the question of the
dction third Tuesday Aprl inter-
vened being the commencement OF the Contra Costa
point has discussed the Chronicle and
familiar to readers should the Supreme Court hnd the
objections Of the defendants attorneys well taken
will be ordered Should they find, the contrary that the
rulings of Judge Dwinec have been the verde. will
be aimed, and then nothing will intervene to
SNATCH LAURA d. FAIR FROM THE GALLOws
except the Governor of the State OF California 1t possi
bic that may up before Governor Haight,
for he Supreme Court be many months in deciding the
appeal Should Governor Haght be reelected, his
be called commute her from death
upon the Raows 10 imprisonment extending life in the
State Prison