Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-03

At $50 O'Clock this morning there W,
quite a crowd waiting In, and aronnL
the Court House, and IN soon as tnn
doors OF the upper room were opened
about one hundred and fifty person,
rushed in, and filled the greater part If
the seats.
The Chief Justice being quite unw,v
has gone home, aud Judge Woott,n !,
presiding. The jury are in the Grand
Jury room, and rs one Of the n,,ulrr
passed out this morning in charge of a
balif, peep through the open door
showed that they were taking thing,
very easy some were smoking, Other,
reading, andone WAS lying on large taL.
that occupies the centre OF the room. They
were furnished with supper about 81;
o'clock last evening, but have not bpm
allowed any breakfast this morning
There are many rumOrs atioat respectin,
the manner in which they stand, but il
in probable that no one outside of thai
room knows anything about 1t.
From the slight glance that was oh.
tanned at their Countenances this morn.
ing, every man seemed to have IA fixed
determination to stick to his conviction,
and no one would be- surprised AT any
moment 10 see note handed to the
Court stating that they could NOT
agree.
There is a great diversity of opinion
Maguire's friends seem sanguinc Of
verdict Of murder in the first degree.
Others are more moderate in their views.
and think the verdict should be in the
second degree, while still others, among
whom are many of both parties, think
that mansaughrer would he the proper
hing. The friends Of III. prisoner, and
they are numerous, have no hesitation
IN saying that the act was committed
in selt-drfcnsc, and the jury will not b
justified in rendering any other verdict
than not guilty.
IN support of their theory, they poin,
to the previous good character OF thr
prisoner, rs sworn to during the trial
by some Of the leading citizens of thi,
place, many of whom have known
him from boyhood. With this divers,
iy of opinion among the masses, it /,
not strange that the jury should fail To
arrive at u conclusion satisfactory 10
each one, am, enable them to render a
verdict.
This disagreement on the part of the
jury is looked upon rs favorable 10 the
prisoner, and it is generally supposed
that the State has given up all hope OF
obtaining "A verdict in either the first or
second degree, and would be satisfied
with nanslaughter.
AT ll.30 O'Clock the prisoner wa,
brought in the Court room, and few
minutes later the jury were, by dire,
ton Of Judge Wooticn, also brought IL
by the bailiIis. Previous to their CON.
ing in, Judge WUottcn had expressed
himself to Judge Houston and Walc,
AS being in favor Of taking IA recess Iii.
til Monday, and giving them until tia,
time to come to some conclusion. In.
ncdiairiy after the jury had taken their
seats, the clerk called their names and
when all had answered, asked them til,
usual question, Gentlemen, have you
agreed upon your verdict" and the
foreman answered, eve have not
Judge Wootlrn asked him If h. thought
there WIS any possibility of thrir agler-
ing, and upon his saying he did moi
think there was, the States ATTORNEY
remarked that lr would like to know il |
that was the opinion Of all the Jurors,
Mr.. John Todd, one Of the number. SAID |
it was not, and he thought they would
he abb" to agree.
In answer to this lucs ton by 'hr
Judge, Mr., Todd said they might agrrc,
and then again they might not. Judge
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