Daily Republican., 1882-05-26
FIFTH EDITION
AvExDICT Atlas,

They Como Into Court ,.,.
ing for Instructiops A.. .osl
ketire-A Verdict Of Cult. 2s.l 81
dered at IL so O'Clock. ss'
Court convened a few mi,,,.
y O'Clock this morning, and 's the o.. aftl
expectation seemed to be that tbsS bseaat|
would be ready with their vsss sue luj
the kedden case. 1t was renortad .a.ss !.
ballot taken shortly before Sou rn"ha thag
venea stood . for conviction and y : '3 +
acqaittal; as there was no nrosn..
the jury coming in the Cnnrt pTcs
argument in the case of s Hsns asa
Shimp VS. Seidel, Hastiny "a g. G'y Gny
ana Emmons for the plaintiff AZ, and y
ants. sA' uste~
At 10 80 o'clock the iury cam.
Court, and a few minutes afth.v v
James Redden was brought h'elwa ~
placed in the dock. III
The Chief Justice said that h.
received note from the iury vas,.,
signed Juror, asking for further JI's0 ins.
tions respecting that part Of the nS,, ch,,
in regard to rendering a verdict Is fn
sauit, and asked them if thew vis. M
to be instructed, and unon
signifying their assent he expIains
them what constituted an assanlt
said 1t must be shown that the az,
been attempted but not copsuma.
in this case it was however cIs
ly proven that the act was com r,;s, ",
1t had been charged that it was
the girls consent, but nothing had
shown to establish that fact
they must either render
dict of guilty as in manner and
indicted or else clear the prisoner n,
charge. There was not tie least A
that the crime had been committsd
the the evidence of the doctor alons
sufficient to establish that fact A.
conclusion of tae charge the iurv :.
retired, and it is said that a ba]los
ken Immediately afterwa -ds sbovs
for conviction and one for acupitta
! Mr.. Spruance called the attsnro
the Court to the fact that the Win
fees in the Tatnall Courtpev
amounted to $500 aud said numb
witnesses had been summoned
were not called upon to testify, An
asked the Court to grant a ruls
they were not entitled to any fses
the Court decided that they sboul
paid, with the exception of two
At II 80 the jury again came
Court and after the clerk had a
their names, he asked them if
had agreed upon "a verdict and
their answering in the atfirmatiyeI
usual question was asked of "wbo
answer for you?" and the resp
came "our foreman. An ali
breath .ess silence ensued as the
asked, "How say you Mr.. Forems1
you find the prisoner at the bar, Ja
Redden, guilty as in Mariner and
indicted or not guilty." The fore
rose to his feet and in clear tod
voice said guilty" Mr.. SharI
asked that the Jury be pollet, au
each name was called they concu
in the verdict.
The Chief Justice thanked the
for their careful consideration Of
case, and said that he believed it
a just and proper verdict. SinCs
jury retired yesterday they have
: 16 ballots as follows The first
stood s for conviction, | not guilty
5 blank, the second ballot showed
conviction and 5 blank; the third
fourth ballot we're the same, eight
conviction, two blank and
for attempted outrage; the
ballot was 8 for conviction, not Cd
2 blank and l for au attempt the
ballot showed for conviction,
guilty, l blank and 2 for attempt
next six ballots were the same
stood 9 for conviction, not guilty
2 for attempt; the thirteenth ballol
10 for conviction, not guilty
, blank the fourteenth ballot show
for conviction, l not guilty and
attempt. The jury then came
court and asked for instruction.
} Immediately after retiring took an
ballot which resulted II for convi
and not guilty.
The sixteenth and last ballot
taken, and resulted in u for %
} ton. When the verdict was annou
all present seemed to feel that
ding to the testimony it would
been impossible for the jury 70
done otherwise than convict.