Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
Second DiSDafcfk.

lSpecial Telegram 10 Che GlODe.
ST. JAMES, Mimi, Jan. 1.-The prisoner
William Murphy and his wife spent watch
night in anxiously waiting for ths verdict.
Witnesses and spectators of the trial who
remained IL the village attended the ball
given il the town hail. and danced through
the hours which were consumed by the
twelve men good and true in trying to arrive
at an agreement upon
THE INNOCENCE OR GUILT
of the accused. During the dreary hours
from midnight to morning nothing further
was heard from the jury, but Immediately
after breakfast the deputy sheriff intlmated
to the judge that they wished to sec him.
Promptly he notified counsel on either side.
G. K. Davis, D. Buck, lawyers, and the at
torney general had returned home, but
County Attorney Thornton and Mr.. johnson
were on hand, and tn, judge, accompanied
by them, the clerk of the court and the
GLOBE reporter, visited the jury in their
room. Their foreman, Mr.. Hopkins, of
Madela, in reply to the judge, stated that
they had not found verdict and
THEY WE'RE NOT LIKELY TO AGREE.
The judge at once informed them that it
would not be proper for him to discharge
them. He could sympathize with them fully.
Hecould understand the difficulties of the
case, but if he discharged them the same
difficulties would present themselves to
another jury. He regretted to keep them
there, but the sheriff would see that they
had everything to make them comfortable.
They could take walk if they 80 desired,
with the sheriff, but he could not discharge
them. He asked if they wished to ask him
upon points OF law, which would help them
to come to decision. He was answered in
the negative. They were then again left to
their deliberations, and we're not heard OF
till the sheriff brought them over to the ST..
James hotel for dinner. 1t was then ap-
parent
THAT THEY HAD AGREED,
and it was not many minutes after they re-
turned to their room that the judge was no
titled that they had found a verdict I'M
mediately the judge, counsel and prisoner
repaired to the court house, into which the
jury soon entered. There were not more
than thirty persons present when the judge
asked the usual question. Mr.. Hopkins re-
piled by handing the judge a paper, which
stated that the Jury
FIND DEFENDANT GUILTY OF GRANDDAUGHTER
in thu fourth degree and recommend the
prisoner to the mercy of the court. The
prisoner seemed as the clerk was about to
read the verdict intensely anxious and as
the word guilty was pronounced
HE BECAME L1vID,
but the following words brought the blood
back to his cheeks, and ne seemed greatly re-
heved. Mr.. Johnson then said: "If it
please your honor, we ask that the Jury be
polled.' This was Immediately done.
Mr.. Johnson-"If it please your honor, I
give notice of motion for
A STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
Judge Dickinson-"Very well. If you tele-
graph to Mr.. Severance he can be here in
time to attend at half past tomorrow
He then gave orders to the sheriff to ad-
journ the court to that time.
AS Mr.. Thornton made no obiectio,:, the
prisoner was allowed to 90 out on his pres.
ent bail of $1,000. The impression here is
that as soon as Mr.. Severance hears what the
verdict is he
WILL MAKE NO APPEAL.
1t appears that ballot taken immediately
upon the jury retiring resulted in five for q
conviction of murder i'll the second degree
and seven for acquittal upon the indictment
Other ballots were taken after the Judges
instructions upon that they could find a YER.
dict of guilty of less degree. At one time
six were for an
ABSOLUTE ACQUITTAL,
and at another nine SO voted. Some of the
jury stuck out to almost the last for yer
dict of the crime charged. AT length com
promise was made, and those for acquitta]
agreed upon the verdict given providing a
recommendation to mercy was appended