Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-02-01
Gniteau Convicted.

The jury's work in the Guiteau trial W
done quickly and was in sharp contrast
the prolonging of their work that had BET
so noticeable in the lawyers engaged J
the case. Judge Porter concluded h
argument after 8 O'Clock Wednesd;.
afternoon. Judge Cox at once charg
the jury using about an hour and hal
The jury went out few minutes afc
five and came back at s: So with % verde
Of guilty MS indicted"
The jury had two ballots, the first stare
ing eleven for conviction End one blahi
the second determined the fate OF the pr
oner. Guit,uu denounced the jury sayi
his blood would be upon their heads; b
was hurried 10 his prison, the crowd je'l
ing as the prison van passed, and his r.
narkahle trial ha, passed into history.
Scoville has made q motion for a nt'
trial but the conduct OF the case has be,
such that it will no doubt avail the p,isor
or nothing. Oae performance in the eff
10 get Il new trial has the look of a frau,
One Snyicr claims to have found in III
jury room on the 18th of December
newspaper containing report Of part
the trial and that on the newspaper WEI
the autographs offour of the jurymen. IT.
jufynen say they never had my newspapt
and Mr.. Snyder has been arrested +,
perjury.
SaovilIe and John w. Guiteau hav,
probably been imposed upon by Snyder
But Mr.. Scoville who has 10 the presen
time commanded the respect of people ex
eept for his cscapadc in lecturing on til,
trial during its progress is showing sign
of a course that will lose him the respec
that he has wen. lie issues an appeal It
The American people for funds and falls to-
readily into the tolls Of such fellows az
Snyder who arc of the class only meddlc'
with by hat low grade Of lawyers apllN
termed ehystcrs
Guileau's exceptions are headed in i'm
portance by that ON the question OF juris
diction. In 1909 case was decided II
the District of Columbia where it was be-.
that II man could not be there convicte
Of murder when the murderous net Wa
committed in the district and the death :
the victim occurred without the distric
But since then law has been pass
which is in terms applicable 10 n case q
Tins kind. The wording of it is pl; in an
would give the court Jurisdiction. But
is claimed that this law was really intend
cd to apply only in cases of offender
against the revenue laws and that in tn
revision of the United States laws tn
words were put in such place that thei
apparent meaning is not their real NEAR
lng. All the same the statute is so plat
in its terms as it stands that it will b
likely to be held as the law that congres
knew what it was about and did what
did and meant TO do il.
The conclusion of this trial with SUI
den verdict of guilty and with no excel
tons for the respondent that are at all lik'
" to over throw the verdict is very goo
commentary on the needless and unju
criticisms that have been so freely mac
on the conduct of Judge Cox. If fe'
of the newspaper men who knew so niue
more about what should be done in II
case than tho.e who had charge Of
could lave bad their way, the whole tri
would have gone for nothing and Il
prisoner very possibly in The end wou
have escaped the halter. As it is there
every prospect that be will be bung as |
deserves to be.