The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-03
MILE ACQUITTED.
A Verdict Rendered in Twenty
Minutes by the Jury.
An Exciting Moment in the Cour.-Room-Miss
Paphorst Thanks Her Friends Fer
Many Kindnessss.

The jury in the case of Mile Panhorst
| rendered verdict OF not guilty at 80
o'clock yesterday afternoon, after having
deliberated about twenty minutes.
During the morning session an attempt was
made by the Assistant District Attorney to
introduce as witnesses persons who had
formerly known Miss Panhorst on De Boom
street, and who would testify that her life
there was not chaste.
Mr.. Wilson objected upon the first at
tempt, arguing that the defendant was not
on trial for being unchaste.
! The Judge said that unless Mr.. Campbell
could show that Miss Panhorst perjured
herself by testifying that she was an inno-
cent woman until Goldberg met her the evil
! dence he was seeking to introduce would be
incompetent and the objection was therefore
sustained.
The prosecution before closing its case in
troduced few witnesses to prove that Gold
| berg was not in the habit of carving a
pistol.
Mr.. Campbell asked to have the court
take recess until afternoon. so that he
| could have little time to prepare himself
| for argument.
! Mr.. Wilson replied that he was willing to
submit the case without argument, but the
recess was taken.
Mr.. Campbell's argument reviewed the
salient points in the evidence Weighing most
| effectively against the defense, and rdiculed
the idea of setting up a defense of insanity
and self-defense. two positions he declared
exactly opposed to each other.
A PASSIONATE APPEAL.
Mr.. Wilson replied to Campbelps remarks
about San Francisco's shockingly immoral
| society by saying that such men as Sam
| Goldberg made ii so, and a remedy would be
to kill them all off. He appealed to the iu-
rors to remember the hdeousness of the
| wrong Goldberg had done the girl, ana
| asked them to show her the same cOusdera-
| ton they would expect shown to their own
| daughters under similar circumstances.
Come with me" exclaimed the counsel,
| appealing passionately to the jury. Come
! with me down Market street any day about
| O'Clock In the afternoon and | will show
| you dozens of Just such human fends that
make our society what it is-fends that are
| lurking at this moment to lure your wives
| and daughters TO ruin and death. They
| ought to be killed. God grant they may be
! in time to save those whom they now would
make their prey.
Gentlemen of the jury, it is your duty
| to do what you can 10 lift this unfortunate
| woman out of the slough of despond Re-
Store her TO her liberty. You cannot give
her happiness; that will be denied her while
/ she remains in this life"
RECEIVING THE VERDICT
1t was the very general impression of all
that the jury would not remain out moro
than five or ten minutes, so that when the
delay heightened into fifteen and twenty
minutes the assurance of the young woman
defenders began to WAIVER bit. But then
there came loud rap at the door of the
| jury-room. Responding to 1t, Deputy
Sheriff Mackrett hurried from the court
room and summoned Judge. defendant and
counsel. Though few had doubt as to the
result the suspense attending the delay OF
| polling the jury and calling for the verdict
| was almost painful.
Gentlemen, what is your verdiet?"
| asked the clerk.
We find the defendant not guilty."
| quickly responded the foreman.
| Miss PanhOrst gave q sharp cry and fell
| into the embrace of her sister, where she re-
| clined convulsed with sobs for fully a
minute. The crowd in the courtroom eX-
| pressed its approval by burst of applause,
| and, in the course of ten or fifteen minutes
| the young woman had sufficiently recovered
self-control to receive the congratulations OF
her friends, and, half smiling. half sobbiDg,
she thanked with a kind word all who ap-
preached her.
Before leaving the courtroom she asked
the officers 10 express her deep gratitude to
the press of the city for its kind and
charitable treatment of her; also the Sheriff.
his deputy, Mackrett, and Mrs. GAMBIA, the
matron of the Jail, who had done so much to
make her comfortable. She left the court
room with her stepfather and relatives,
stating that she would stay at home with
her folks.