Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-10

Warranted them ia finding the de
iendant guilty of murder In tn
Second degrees, for that crime pun
ishment OF a lesser degree was at
taehed; or II they believed the evi
dence warranted IL, they nigh
hni The accused guilty Of eithe
voluntary or Involuntary man
slaughter. Further, under this in
dlctment they could find her guilt,
OF an assault or battery under tn,
law-if they Considered the eyi.
uence so warranted.
II the jury found the defendan,
guilty, they would In their verdict
name the ofIense Of which they SC
found her guilty; il they found her
not guilty thet wonld simply state
guilty.D
Judge Zane;s charge was remark
able for its brevity, occupying only
about a quarter OF an hour in de-
livery.
Alter consulting together for little
more than a moment the jury retired
from the box and went to their room
IN charge Of the baililr Of the court.
Time, Il:I0.)
The c. art thereupon took n ten
minutes recess. On the retirement
OF the jury Miss Olson and her
friends iefs the court together.
Whan the court reassembled after
its brief recess the case of George
Mansfield, charged with grand
larceny land reported in another
eolumn), was called on and disposed
Of In a very short time. Nothing
more was done until five minutes
before l. O'Clock, when the jury re-
turned Into court, having been
absent just three quarters OF
an hour. They took their
seats in tine jury box. and
Clerk Mcmillan called over the
twelve names. Each juror having
responded, the usual question was
put 10 them by Judge Zane:
"Have you reached = verdict,
geDtlemen?o
YES" readily replied several
jurors.
Judge Zane-Then please psss it |
TO the clerk.
Clerk Mcmillan received and rtsi !
L as follows: We, the jury in the
ease Of the People vs. Amanda Oh |
son. find the defendant "no; !
guilty."
Instantly there was tremendous
shouting, hurTahing, and clapping Of !
hands, and several persons in
dulged In a sECill whistle accom-
paniment.
Judge Zane with angerl-See
gho il was that halloed ana whistled !
in that wsy.
nepaty United States Marshal
Bush at once proceeded to make n
search among the audience in the
body Of the hail, and a few mo-
nenis later brought forward a re-
sIeetabiy dressed eolored man who
gave the name OF +. Gor,ion.
Judge Zane asked him-Why did
you make that noise?
GlrJiOn (Without displaying much
smlarassment)-I merely clapped
ny hands this way, sir (giyipg an
Illustration of his method OF demon
itration.)
Judge Zane (wsrmly)-Iou ought
D keep cut OF the Court room If
-0u cannot behave yourself. Men
,ught to act like men and not like
-hillrea. You are not in a bar
DOM gnen you come here, town
or anything of that kind.
{ shows great ignorance on the part
4 any man or woman who can get
n this way in Court Of justice.
Well, you will be fined 81. iii see
/ cannot preserve order in Court.
10 Buzh) Ii you find any other
,erson who made a noise bring him
onward.
The officer made another dive
mOng the spectators, but did not
.Ieceed in securing . second victim.
iorioB paii his fine anu departed
-ith 4 rather crcstfallen look.
= singular scere occurred when
he foregoing incident hal passed
yer. Many PERSONS who had hith-
ITO remaine,i behind as spectators
bowel their way to The front. snr-
FUNDED Judge Powers aud the now
-eei girl vino stood by MS side, and
] q most endearing manner grasped
i hauCs, ut the same time
upon him their hearty
upon having fought :
, hard for his clients liberty, and
iih 4 successful result. Miss
ison ami her parents were
80 the recipients Of warm
anu came in for
IJtr raj share Of public SYM
s;hy. General approval of the
.Elict Eas openly expressed. The {
-ation continued Until the parties q
ached tine street, where Il large o
ovid had consregated 10 take a
ancc at the parties - they left the !
iiiiing.
The accused on hearing the words
ls; gu'liyv suddenly frightened
D. aud seemed overcome with
while tears OF joy ]
uIsed down the cheeks nf her 4
rents, whose mental anxiety dur
x the trial las been gr ut. a
Thus ended one Of tine most tx u
ting CASTS that has probably ever
ne within the Jurisdiction o! the =
li-d District Court. =