Daily Republican., 1879-12-12
THE DUGAN vERBFCg.
Ehs :asiOffng in the Iury ROOM
Sentencing of Brown Win Du.
gan-R seOguiti0n of Services OF
Court and Sury by the latter.

EHe tsRstO1fnS In the Jury ROOR--
| Sentencing of Brown Win Du.
| gan-R eeOKtsiti0n of Services OF
Court and &ary by the latter.
The eliminating scenes of tho Dugan-
Rowe trial we're confined merely to in
cidantal happenings in the jury room
and during the sentencing of prisoner.
'be jury went up at S,35 on Wednes-
day evening. A ballot was taken i'm
mediatelg on entering the room and
rendered as follows:
10 murder III tho first degree ............ 3
formurder in the nee0nd degree. ..,..... 4
Eor luanslangh1er ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The second ballot was takep and the
sane vote was th4 result. On tha third
ballot the jury stood;
Aqutt tai,..........: .:,.."....:,............. 4
F ist degree, marder. er........,....,......s.
dams hughter. ........,................
The fourth and fifth ballot were the
same.
On the sixth ballot the result was:
Aequitt l.,,....,.;;........'...........",.
SacJTd degree " ....................... ]
Maaslaughter. .........................
On the first degree Anthony Rey bold,
Richard Maloney and James VI. Jester
were those who stood ont fjr an acquit-
tai. And Charles Newlin and Robert
?. Denuiaon f3r manslauEhtsr.
BY .he dint Of considerable persua-
sion and agreat amount Of argument
the vote on the sixth ballot had varied
in favcr OF acquital and man8laughter.
The jury tring Of balloting ceased
and the intricacies Of ths case and the
result at issue were ov6rshadowed by
tue more fascinating considerations Of
mere worldly matters. The members
grouped themselves in one corner, three
Or four members were deeply intent on
the manipulation Of a pack of light
col0red suspicious looking pasteboards.
and such mysterious uttsrances as
scoop the pot" Ego you five browns"
and other whispered sentences known
only to the inated. ia another corner
with feet up in the window was seated
another group all engaged in booming
Bayard. A proposition to retire was re
caived by soine with favor, and accor-
dinghy they began to stretch themselves
unfortunately around the room.
In the course Of the night some one
Of them woulA wake up and ballot
you'd be suggested, and ballot would
accordingly be- taken for the pur-
pose Of composing their feelings.
In the morning the balloting was re-
suned in real earnest and soon mar
rowsd down between manslaughter and
acquittal.
On the thir!ieth ballot the verdict Of
mauslaughter was arrived at. 1t was
shsn about eleven o'clock. The jury
besan to think of coming down.
In tf, court room the attendance
was increased because Of the axpecta-
ton in relation to the verdict. The
prisoner sat in the box, while the
verdict was being taken, with his
hands on his knees aud his brow knit
ted. His whols bearing of anxious
anticipation.
As the words "guilty Of ruanslaugh-.
ter" fell from the lips of the foreman
the wrinkles Of tho forehead smoothed
out and e relieved expression came
over his c0untenRuGe.
An hour and halfafterward the court
called the attention Of the pgiGouer pre-
paratory to imposing the sentence. The
color8d boy Brown for the murder Of
his companion Batson with base ball
bat was seated be9i3a him. They
wsre both told to stand up. In addres
sing Brown the Chief Justice said:
The court has thought great deal
{ your condition. You have no one 1
to care for you unless it be Him who is
evidently stranger to you. He was
somewhat impressive on the appearance
also on the fact that no allegation
direct or indirect OF q bad character.
We therefore sentence you to pay costs
of prosecution and fine of $4o0 and
an imprisonment of one year.
Mr.. Dugan was next requested to
stand up. The Court, in addressing
him, said that he was compelled to i'm
pose the fullest penalty of the law in
order to deter others and to prevent the
disposition to play havoc with the lives
of citizens, He then imposed the sen
tence already published, to wit: 81, 600
fine and years Imprisonment.
Mr.. Dugan desiring to say something
the court gave its permission. The
prisoner thanked their Honors and al
so the jury. He also acknowledged the
faithful manner il which his counsel
had labored for him. He was taken
out and the business OF The court was