Daily Republican., 1879-11-25
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The "Gasette" poltticsuy oisss'A
the jury that tried ssvsll ssarkey' TOT
burglary, ss standing six Republicans
and six Democrats, and that when the
,urv retired 70 make up their verdict
tho Republican six voted against con-
vi,tiop and the Democratic six for con-
viction, and this Is the way the vote
stood the whole twenty four hours that
the Jury were ont, resulting in . as
Agreement and q discharge OF the jury
We are rather inclined to doubt the
correctness Of the "Gazette's' s'ate-
men, as t, the number of Republicans
in the jury, and that they all the time
voted against conviction on political
grounds, but If they voted against con
viction on account Of the non sufnoieney
Of evidence TO convict him, they only re-
iiected public sentiment in general 'or
there " as hardly dissent to the gen
eral opinion amongst Democrats and
Republicans outside Of the Jury 'hA'
the evidence was not sufficient TO warrant
"a conviction of guilty, and we kno" Oh
our own knowls ledge that some OF the
Democrats who were upon the jury have
sip.e said that the doubts IN the case
waen weighed in favor of the prisoner
w ara sufficient TO clear him. The sts'e'
m ant of the. "Gazetts" reflects DO credit
up IN the Jury that tried s,arkey, II as
i. says u ey divided at the sart Iolili,
cally and remained so divided for -
hours. If this is tru. then it was
very incompetent one and instead OF
rendering true verdict according 10
the evdsnc. given and in accordance
With the oath they took they must nave
viola. that oath and attempted 10 rem
der verdict in accordance with their po-
litical bias. From our association ana
ACQUAINTANCE with the Jurors in atleh
dauo. at the pressrt cou we are con-
strained to say that they are an intel
Iizent class of men, rather more so than
usual. and we do not believe that they
would divide politically On any case IN
which .hey we're the judges OF the evl
dence and stay divided tor twenty-'ouf
hours. This Is an unwarranted rehec-
tion by th. Gazette" upon what We
believe to have been an honest jury, ,and
fnrthermor We do do not believe the
Gazette can name six Republican jury
men who were upon the case referred to,
AS it is we'll known that there we're not
mere than seven or eight Republicans
upon the whole panel of jurors cum
mon ID TO s-rv. at the court. Let the
.'iazetts name the six Republican
iurymen on the Starkey case. About
the only case in which there was
picked political jury at the present
court was that of the Slate against Gus
|O'Donnell, for illegal voting, when Mr.
Wright the only Republican kno"n to
W on tie Jury was speedily hustled oil
aud a Democrat put in his place, but
to the houor Of that Democrat
il IL said that be was TOR conviction
from the first to the last, aud it must
also np sa,n to the credit Of Mr.. White
man, Republican, who was left upon
the jury under the impression that he
was a Democrat, was amongst the most
tardy in making up his. .miud for con-
yic,ion. In the case II Starkey,
if there was a disagreement of the
iury. as the "Gazet,o" alleges on a po-
ltieal bias, the fact is discredltable
alike to both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis who composed that jury, but be-
fore we censure, We want to oe certain
that they really did SO divide, and in
order that more light may bs thrown
upon this subject, we respectfully re-
quest the "Gazette" to arise and ex-
plain, and pame the Elk Republicans
upou that jury, and in default of doing
81 VIZ shall take it for granted that tie
"Gszstte' is mistaken, and that there
wer. rot six Republicans on the jury.
Name the men.