The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-18

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Tie St1e z Missouri against =. ~.
Brooks. alias Maxwell, under indictment
~, murder n The drst derrcc. Il was
.....,..,.d ~ m.nv. ,ndorsed bv III.
.---s 80. -.;..s~.
Wncn coer ."Jo.
after eleven O'Clock FRIDAY night ons
ballot had been taken by the jury. Il ~
>r,seA ~ nina Cor murder IN the frst de-
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oe&F9o ~ S"e ~.
Beggss barry, Couionen, CnamoeF'ai"s
Chi1ds, Jacobs, Htndr1ck9s biumen-
thai and Cahill voted for conviction;
~. y,.xc~<< ana se.re Ia man.
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e'.ek"
Alter being conveyed 70 tneu sseeP'uk
apartmcnts. several hours WeD spent 10
discnssion. Mr. Sears said ne never
vould convict Maxwell until be Vas en-
- 10000
p.s,i.. ~ hs,,.vsd ~ h.d committed
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some oaeuse ana Was wiring 70 seno niIn
a xhe ..enifenfiarv. but did not like to
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began work on Mr.. Barnett, who was
chief Of the opposition. They argued
with some Success before retiring for the
night, and yesterday morning the issue
was again taken up.
Another ballot was taken about THIS
time and showed nine for conviction ana
three for granddaughter, Dozier having
disabused his mind OF the entire inno-
cence Of the defendant. MI. hendrcks
and Mr.. Cahill both made desperate a.
tack on the position occupied oy NJ.
Barnett. They showed how inconsistent
Maxwell's evidence was, but Mr..
Barnett was still uncertain. ne was
somewhat In the dark regarding
he following instructions Of the
court on cIrcumstantiai evidence:
K~The jury arc tnstrnesed shat they may
from circumstantiaI evidence alone n s,sl sa ne
ss stnn2 Mn any osber t6eorv than
that Of bis guilt: bus n order g ind she ds-
fcndans guilty on circumstansia sviusn rs
ccnssstert .iss Ike innocence Of the accused
and incapable 81 explanation upon any
o o,her resson sb,e hvnosbesis than that OF his
eul,r- =
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Mr. nrneu ne,a s sn.s y. m,,h ;"cc
cence a. well a. guilt. He was shown
that II Tic hliltN& u11 '<<H @<<t<@> = -
Maxwell would have torn the undercloth-
ing on Preller instead OF cutting II on
with scissors. By this time Mr.. Barnett
came around and Joined the forces Of the
State. Doxier and Sears still remained,
and In an hour they, too, were brought
around. The sheriff was notified that
an agreement had been reached, and
few minutes after twelve O'Clock word
was conveyed TO Judge Van WAGNER.
At ten minutes past twelve O'Clock
Judge Van Wagner ordered the jury 70
be brought In. A solemn hush fell on the
audience as the jury dled In and took the
seats which they had occupied 50 long
"Have you agreed upon, verdict,
\ gentlemen" asked the judge.
1--WE have" said Foreman Barnett.
let 1t be read" said the court. Mr.. Bar
nett handed the document - Clerk
f0'MaIley who read:
THE vEnpScE
estate OF Missouri Va Hugh y. brooks
aliss ". ~ LSnnox ,..st 80 s,, ,-,,xicr y
tnc Ss5ss degree. We the Jury IN the above
entitled cause nnd the defendant guilty Of
murder u the nrst degree. as charge q.
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