Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-01-07

bias the opinions Of men possessiong average
common sense.
Mr.. Beach made the FINAL argument for the
prosecution.
Judge Boardman's charge to the jury was
impartial. He merely summed up the testi :.
mony given, with the Injunction to act hon.
estly, unbiased by either sympathy for the
prisoner or sorrow for his friends.
AT ii o'clock rumor circulated among the
loungers in court that the jury had agreed,
and that the Judge had been sent for, and the
ominous statement was made that they had
agreed on verdict of murder in the frst de.
gree. The report was received with utter in
credulity. At IL minutes past IL the familiar
sound of CHATS of in Court" was heard, and
the counsel upon either side, followed by the
Judge, entered the court. The expression
depicted upon the face of the foreman clearly
indicsted the nature of the verdict. Mr..
Sparks, clerk of the court, standing up in his
place, said: Gentlemen of the jury, please
answer to your uames;" and the formality
having been gone through, he said: Gen
tlemen, have you agreed upon your verdict?"
The foreman, in unfaltering tones, answered,
''We have and in reply to the usual inter-
rogatories said, owe find the prisoner guilty
of murder in the first degree"
AT the announcement of the verdict, the
characterized his demeanor from the COM
mencement of the trial, and, becoming ghast-
ly pale, threw his arms in the air with ges.
ture expressive of utter dispair while at the
same time his sister, who stood beside him at
tired in deepest mourning, uttered low wall
of agony which was distinctly heard through
the court.
Col. Fellows, counsel for the prosecution
then said at becomes my painful but i'm
perative duty to move this Court that the SEN
tence of the law be now pronounced upon the
prisoner" Mr.. Tremaine, with an express
sire glance at the sister and relatives Of the
condemned, said that he thought the passing
of the sentence might decently be postponed
until Monday
Judge Boardman said there was no neces.
sity for pronouncing sentence tonight, and
no impropriety in postponing till Monday and
he should therefore order that sentence be
suspended till Monday.
After pause of some moments duration
Mr.. Tremaine requested that the jury be POLL
ed, which was according done. Meanwhile
the sister of the prisoner gave way to the
most violent expressions of grief, which only
ceased when the condemned man, turning
around to her, and with beseeching look,
besaught her to be calm.
Col. Fellows then made quite heightened
entered on the case on condition that able as
sociates should be supplied him to conduct it,
and that the gentlemen who had acted with
him were feed by moo private parties, but re.
tanned on the part of the people.
AT this point the prisoner, with impulsiye
GESTURE, cried out: "By Jay Gould state that
too
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Alter the rendition of the verdict and the
jury were discharged Stokes came close up
to Mr.. Beach and addressed some observa-
tons to him which could not be overheard
nor the response of Mr.. Beach. But Stokes
then remarked: '.You know that you put
perjured testimony on the stand"
At this moment Col. Fellows came up and
said; ''Mr. Stokes, it is not possible that
you attach any ill feeling to one for the dis
charge of any duty in this matter?' Offering
him his hand.
Stokes rejected the offered hand and said;
''Oh, It's all right, Fellows; but you know
that thousands of dollars were put up for this
matter, and that you were all bought"
Immediately on the adjournment of the
Court one of the jurors approached Mr.. Ire
maine, senior counsel for the prisoner and
addressing him, said: "Mr. Tremaine, you
can't blame US. You did your duty; you
could not have done more had the life of
your own son been imperiled; and we have
done ours"
Mr.. Tremaine shook hands with the Juror
and said: 81 am disappointed, but you can
tell me how the jury stood after they retired?
The juror. ''Mr. Tremaine, would pre-
fer not
Col. Fellows, counsel for the prosecution,
who stood behind Mr. Tremaine, as did also
the prisoner, said to the juror: "There is
no objection whatever now if you choose to
do So"
The juror; "Well, then, we stood ten to
two.
Mr.. Dos Passes; "And the two, like era.
vens, gave in
The prisoner: 'Mr. Juror, did you be-
lieve the testimony of Thomas HartI"
The juror answered: Il prefer not to dis
cuss the question with you, Mr.. Stokes" and
moved away
After the announcement by Judge Board
man that the sentence would not be passed
upon the murderer until Monday, the pris-
oner was given into the custody of the sheriff
aud remanded to prison,