The Forrest City times., 1893-12-15
ALLIS CONVICTED.
Tho Ex-Banker of Little Rock
 Found Guilty.
,falt,nc False Entry With Intent to De fraud the Meaning-The Result Compromise eNerdict-PasSeda
 Night in the Pententiary.

o'clock last night the jury ln the Allis oose sent q message to Judge Sanborn That they had agreed upon a verdict. The news spread rapidly, and before the iudre could reach the courtroom ,be building was well filled with spec tators. District Attorney House and Attorney Martin. of counsel for the defense, were also present The jury was polled after which the verdict was handed Clerk Goodrich by Fore man Obarr The verdict was:
 Ne. the jury. find the defendant guilty Of the fourteenth count in the indictment.
 Jurors Anderson and Sandrige stated ,o the court when their names were called that they agreed upon that yer diet in order to get the balance of the jury to agree not to press conviction upon tbu other counts. In other words, it was a compromise verdict.
 Attorney Martin sprang to his feet and objected to the court receiving the verdict on the ground that the verdict did not express the opinion of all the jurors He made a pitiful appeal to the court, but Judge Sanborn over ruled him. He then asked for the privilege of questioning the two jurors, but the court again refused his request.
 Attorney Martin then announced that he would make an application for T new trial. The court set Monday morning al 10 o'clock for the disposi- ton of the motion.
 The court then instructed Marshal Gaines to take charge of the prisoner.
 In his charge to the jury Friday Judge Sanborn referred to the four teenth count as follows:
 That on the e2d day of February 1892 the de- fendaUt as president of the hank knowingly made false entries in certain books of the bank with the intent explained to you, Gy which Il was made to appear on those books that on February s2 ls9. the Little Rock bank became indebted to Inc defendant iu the sum of 5000, and that the First national bank of New York became indebted 10 the Little Ro>k bank in the sum of s.50o0 by reason of the deposit of Allis Of ss5O0 in the First national bank Of New York Co the credit of the Little Rock bank. It admittedly appears from the books of the Lit tle Rock lank that on February 20, 1892, Ailis had drawn out of the bank Si2 ls9. G more than he had deposited in it, and that he then owed the bank that amount.
 2AlNA AAN tAAAtA hRth NtNAfAhhf Sanborn ordered Marshal Gaines to bring the jury before him. The judge asked if an agreement had yet been reached. Juror Obarr replied in the negative.
 Judge Sanborn said: "Is there any portion of the charge of the court that 1t would be of assistance to you to have reread?'
 Juror Obarr replied: There is a DOT ton of the charge that is not fully un- derstood by all the jury in reference to the testimony and the weight of the testimony by the witnesses"
 The judge, in most impressive man. her, then made a second charge to the jury, covering the points on which they were in doubt.
 LITTLE RoCK. Dec. 1.-The verdict in the Allis case was surprise to the people of this city. Shortly after mid night Saturday night Marshal Gaines informed Allis that he would be con fined in the penitentiary for the night. A large number of citizens visited the prisoner at the penitentiary yesterday. His wife and daughter called early in the forenoon and remained with him several hours Martin and Murphy, attorneys for Mir. Allis. were in their office the entire day preparing them selves to support their motion for new trial. In the event the mo- ton is denied an appeal to the United States supreme court will be taken. The court will then be asked to fix the amount of bond pending the appeal, which will be given and the prisoner will then be released from his present confinement
 The court will also be asked to defer sentence, on the grounds that Mir. Allis testimony is necessary in the civil suits now pending in the federal and state courts against the First national bank
 Allis was confident of an acquittaI up to the moment the clerk read the verdict He had made arrangements with one of his attorneys Col. George W. Murphy, to go to Jefferson county on hunting expedition as soon as his case was decided.
 The jury stood at nine to three for convection on the first ballot-Cleu watkins, Jackson Sandridge and C. k. Anderson heing in favor of acquittal. A few ballots later Watkins went over to the majority, and remained there until an agreement was reached. From that time on until Judge Sanborn delivered his second charge, at noon Saturday, the Jury stood ten for conviction on all the seventeen counts in the indictment, sandridge and Anderson were for ae- qnlttal. After Judge Sanborn had gwen his second charge, which re