The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-21
WILD CHEERS in COURT.
Cottagers and Cotters Yell in Unison
for Sympathy.
THE JURY OUT TWENTY HOURS.
A Purse Of q Hundred Dollars and an
Outfit OF Clothing Given to tho Girl,
Who Was Immediately Discharged
Details Of the Trial
ESPECIAL TO THE NEwsI

ESPECIAL TO THE NEWaI
NEWPORT, X. l., May 21-After being
out over twenty hours the jury in the
George Thompson murder case came in
at 10:4S
When their verdict of mot gully" was
announced a great crowd, completely
filing the Supreme Court room, broke
out into wild cheering. 1t was an un-
precedented scene, Cottage Millionaires"
cheering as Justify as the poorest citizen.
Miss Thompson was Immediately dis
charged, and she and her counsel were
warmly congratulated. A millionaire
cottager who has watched the case
throughout will provide the girl with
complete outfit of clothes.
Immediately after the verdict was an
nounced purse OF one hundred dollars
was made up in. court and presented to
Miss Thompson.
Court came in at 9:45 yesterday, when
Lawyer Callaghan at once began his plea,
the George Thompson autopsy and the
evidence of the medical examiners COM
pared with the expert testimony OF Drs.
Rankin and Ecroyd.
The attorney general in his opening
said the question on which the whole
it's death by drowning ?" In dealing
with the testimony OF the medical ex-
perts Mr.. Tanner simply set up the Ques-
tion Of veracity between both sides
The court restmed at 1:30 when JUS
tice Rogers charged the jury. He said
defendant with the single crime of MUIR
der, and that they could not fail to have
observed the formalities with which the
trial was opened and they must have been
impressed with serious duty that de-
volved upon them. 1t was their duty to
take the law from the presiding justice
in the case.
The evidence they were to take from the
lips of the witnesses who were put on the
stand, so that they might see them and
judge AS to their credibility. They were
the judges OF such testimony-the sole
nesses and they had the sole right to be-
lieve whom they chose and reject what
they they thought was not the truth.
They were to act in a conscientious way,
and il they would pardon him putting 1t
in asconventional aud colloquial term,
they were to size the. witnesses up"
The learned judge dwelt upon the fact
that the indictment was on one charge
only, THAT of murder.
In case of this nature, the onus of
proof rested entirely upon the State and
they must be satisfied beyond reason
able doubt as to the killing. They were
to enquire what is reasonable
doubt. In ali the evidence they were to
be satisfied to moral certainty. The
crime must be clearly described and the
proof must conform to the charge. They
were placed in that box AS citizens, as
men of judgement to do their duty. The
Judge read the single charge from the in
dictment and explained that murder
must consist First there must be in the
eye of the law homicide and homicide Is
the killing Of a human being. Second,
the killing must have been with malice.
Third, il must have been aforethought,
these are the three grand elements enter
ing into the crime OF murder.
They must be satisfied that there is a
killing. IL they were not satisfied this
child was born alive they could stop right
was born alive, then they must be satisfied
that the killing took place substantially
in the way set forth in the Indictment.
If they came to the conclusion that this
child was born alive, but were in doubt
that this child died from exposure they
could stop at that.
The rest of the charge was as clear and
mastery manner that could not be mis-
understood that to prove the crime of
murder the killing must have been with
evil intent with malicious intent to do
harm. AT 2:lS the jury were dismissed to
their rooms.
A long dreary wait now ensued the
court being crowded till 1880 midnight
when Deputy Sheriff Tilley came. into the
Supreme Court and announced to the
press that unless the jury agree the
Court will not come in till $50 A. NJ,
Saturday morning.