Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-10-21
END OF THE MARIE TRIAL.

END VI LIE nAhRE IhAAhs
Angelo Marie Convicted ana Sem
feneed 90 Three Years in the Pen.
ifemfiaFy+-JOhn Marie ACQUITTED
--Sfx Other 1ndfctment q 10 be An
swered.
The sensation criminal case, known as
the State VS.. Angelo and John Marie,
closed at halfpast nine o'clock this
morning. The indictment upon which
they were tried was for receiving stolen
goods those that we're distracted from
the safe in the Office of the Chief Of Po-
lice by the burglar Doc Wright and con-
federates, some months since. The jurors
impaneled to try the case were: j. M.
Mcdonald, b. +. Reynolds, Patrick
Kernes, B. j. Bicknell, Joseph Barbiere,
Michael Garvin, Lewis Keith, William
O.. Hogan, Tim B. Folger, Lewis Fan
noni, John Hefferman and p. Dolan.
An immense mass Of testimony was
introduced during the trial, which has
been progressing for a week. At the
close Of the testimony able arguments
we're made for the State by Attorney
General Wright, Colonel A. II. Douglass
and General Horrigan, and for the de
fendant by Colonel Cameron, Captain
Van Anderson and Mr.. G. P. NJ. Turner.
The jury retired at halfpast eleven
o'clock last Saturday night, and were
locked up until this morning.
THE VERDICT.
At nine o'clock this forenoon the
Criminal Conrt room was crowded with
citizens, all anxious to hear the result of
the deliberations of the jury. In few
moments the jurors filed in and took
their seats in the jury box. All eyes
were directed towards them. each spec
tator anxious to discover the result re-
Elected in the faces Of the jurors but in
vain-their countenances were blank
and uncommunicative Judge Flippin
said: " Mr.. Clerk, call the names of the
jury" Colonel Avery, the clerk, called
each name in regular order, and in
quiet manner asked, " Gentlemen, have
you agreed upon your verdictY I'VE
have" answered the foreman, Major
Joseph Barbiere, as he arose and handed
in the indictment. Colonel Avery
glanced at it and read the following YER
Dict
We, the jury, find the defendant,
Angelo Marie, guilty as charged in the
indictment, the value of the goods re-
ceiyed being over ten dollars, and fix his
punishment at three years in the peni-
Tertiary of the State; and we, the jury,
find the defendant John Marre, mot guilty,
as charged in the indictment.
JosErH BARBIERE, Foreman,
Not word or sound was heard in the
Courtroom, save the voice of the Clerk
during the reading of the verdict. AT
its close, the counsel of the prisoner
arose and said: we make motion fer
new trial, and in arrest of judgment,
and ask that it be entered" Judge Flip
pin, turning to the jurors, said; Gentle
men, you are discharged" and the great
trial closed.
Angelo Marie was remanded to the
county Jail and John Marie was dis
charged from custody. The verdict rem
dered is for the lowest term--tan years
being the maximum punishment.
IMPORTANT RULING ny THE COURT.
During the progress of the case it be-
came necessary to investigate certain
telegraph dispatches sent by the defend
ant. On this point Judge Flippin, after
argument by counsel, ruled " that in
criminal case, telegraphic communi-
cations were not privileged, for the
reason that there can be no difference in
sending communications by telegraph
and by private persons when the contents
of the kilograms are connected with
crime; if the opposite were the rule,
the telegraph could be used safely as a
cloak for crime and as means of in
forming criminals OF danger so that
justice could be evaded. The telegraphic
operator can be forced to disclose the
contents of such dispatches, just as
could be private party who carried
such a communication" Judge Flip
pin based his ruling upon the case of
VS. the State, So Maine Re-
ports, wherein Judge Blachford laid
down like rule.
SIX OTHER INDICTMENTS.
Before the close of the present term
of Court the following additional indict-
ments against the defendants will be
called for trial: The State vs.. Angelo
Marie, having in possession counter
felt money" the State VS.. Angelo Marie,
g harboriug felon after the fact" the
State VS.. Angelo and John Marie, " ac-
cessory before the fact to a felony. the
State VS.. Angelo Marie, receiving
stolen goods" the State VS.. Angelo
Marie, receiving and harboring a
felon."
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