Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-30
NO VERDICT.
Indications Arc that tho Jury In the Bonner
Case is Ilah,y HUNG.


The probabilities are that there viii
he uu verdict iu The BoiNcr murder cnse.
Yesterday morning the argument hnN-
inE been concluded, the ease was given tn
the iury, which Wrcsilpd with 10 ON day
and into the night without reaching "a
cu clusion. aud thu understanding o.
b II so seriously divided there is little
chime" of nn agreement
The following is the tcat Of Judge
Harris charge To the jury;
state ~ Texas w. ~, W. HOMER lu the
district court % the Seventeenth judicial
ist You ARE instructed. gentlemen NJ the
jury, that the defendant q. ". liunner alone
iH nov ou trial ana Dee d. ureHumrd 40 hH
,,iis, until hls gun " established h
doubt q! to bis guilt he ~ entitled 10 be-
acquitted
"a Whore. NJ In this cnsc. the state re-.
Hes Tor conviction on clrcumaiunuu cyl
deuce. each fact Witch the Jury believe t0
De- necessary 10 show the guilt ~ tue de-
feulant must be- proved by competent eW
hcuco beyond reasonable doubt uli the
facts necessary tO show The Wiit ~ the dr
fcudnni must De- consistent with unvh other
und consistent Will ih, Flllt NJ tlp dcfon.
dnui ana The circumstances taken together
must hr ~ 10 conclusive nature. leading uu
the whole tn ~ satisfactory conclusion. nnd
producing lu rnrrl u reasonable nud moral
uffpusr CHARGED.
aul Homicide ~ the destruction NJ the
HE uf one human hrlug hy thr nrt, agency
90 pucurmcni ~ nuuthrr,
fih.- Every person with "a sound memory
aud discretion who unllwhlly Kills any
reasonable creature in hpinH Within the
slate with mnllCr ufurothuurht, either or.
press or implied. ia deemed guilty ~ murder
ON All murder committed hY poison III
murder ID the nrst degree
Nth,. Malice nH ihni iefm u used IA
THIS rhurRr, means q condition of the mind
when shows q heart regardless uf social
nuty hnd uiAlly hrni 9h mischief, the ekis'
irncr OF which coulliun M Inferred from
acts done pr words spoken, or fr0u both
acts nnd words.
lth-if you believe from The evidence IN
ms case nat iho defendant, q, W. liqnner
county nt or about the dine alleged ln the
Indictment, ana before the Ming ~ the said
Indictment Ia tho district court Of said
together with X. E fcmpleton. En n ~
Ienpcion hy poison, ilnt ~, n you believe
from no c'idoi ~. That ine defcndnnt ia
alone az acting tuppther With D. ~ 'Trmplo.
tom mluElr Or caused tu hp mingled any
poison called urychulno with ans Whlaky
ion. ana tlai le knew dat DC rhi ii. ~
IemHloiOu would thereafter drink ur swHi,
lnW Tie said poisoned whisky nnd that the
drfrndAui nt The lime hc mingled or caused
to Pc minRlnd tho spld poison with the said
whisky n you hud h dll 30. Intended that
sofa y. ~ Iemplo'pn Should drink or swal
low the Hnld poisoned whisky. nud that fho |
said a. ~ Ttnpleinu dd thereafter drlnk
or swallow ihn said poison. Hu mingled iu
HNll whisky, not knowing nt the time lac |
drank on swallowed the same. thnt the said |
lrihk WHs poisoned and N you further be-.
lipYe from tho evidence that said ~ H.
I9nplelgn died from thc enects ~ the said |
poison, VI any, HO drank or swallowed hy |
bin then N VIII Do your duty t0 mud tho /
defendant ~. w Bonner, guilty ~ murder |
~ the hrEi degrees ana unless you 80 be-. /
NfYr, Nul viii ucqnlt thp defendant
sih-Ah persons nre principals who are /
gully ~ acting together ln The commission /
~ nii OnrnHp. And my person who advises i
on ngrrfN 10 thc commissions of nn 0nena0 /
nni Who u present when tho same n com. i
inltied " lhinogn thereto, whether ho /
aids Of not iu tho illegal act
htb. N you are mol satisfied beyond a /
doubt that ". o. TcmpetOn /
was Killed hy pnlsOn M alleged that A. hy /
nnd from the effect N drinking and swal- /
lowing sirychnlno aud whiskg.
Or n Ynn are not satisfied beyond "A rcns. Il
enable iouhi that the defendant either alone
ur acting together with sOme one else. mlnel. i
rd nr CnuFpd ~ BE- mingled ihH Hirychnluo |
with whisky N u was ~ urgledf
Or ~ yOn are not satisfied beyond reaa
unnlle d0nht ihNt r. y Ionpleiou did not |
dir from natural causes;
or N you are not satisfied beyond n rena
enable doubt that r. ~ rempleinn ma not
nor hy mistake himself nut |
sirychnlne N whisky and drink TIE same
either " these several events you wit ac.
NUT the defendant
10Th The iufy are the exclusive iudree
N The rFedlhilliy ~ the witnesses IN me
weight Of the evidence and ~ The facts
iith III YOU Gnd ne defendant guilty Il
win be your duty 20 assert his punishnent
M death or at confinement m the Denlten.
ilnry Tor NE. W. ~. HANRiH.
Judge.