St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-07

Meiggs, Miller, Howard and Morris.
The penalty is not less than five nor
more than ten years. The jury
agreed on verdict few
inmates after 10 o'clock last
night, after being out since
6:3O on the preceding evening. A
general impression had gone out that
this jury. like the preceding one, would
disagree, and it was therefore sur
prise to the court officials that an agree.
ment was reached last night. Judge
Kelly was notified by deputy sheriff
and reached the court room at 1O:45. Is
was neerly IL o'clock, however, before
the county attorney reached the court
messenger. Quite crowd of people
had gathered in the court room by the
time the jury was brought out
OF their room. which occurred
at 11:50. When asked by Clerk
Henry Breidert if they had agreed.
Foreman Spates answered in the af-
firmative. The verdict was handed to
Judge Kelly by the clerk for inspection,
who in turn handed it back to the clerk,
who read it, announcing verdict of
guilty, as charged in the Indictment. It
was read second time, after being
spread on the records of the court. and
the jurors gave nod in the affirmative
when asked if it was their true verdict. {
Judge Kelly then discharged the jurors.
after thanking them for their services.
Attorney Henry Johns moved for !
stay of thirty days in the sentence.
County Attorney Butler said he would
object to such long stay, and, while
he would not move for sentence at once,
yet he gave notice that lie woull do so |
during the present term of court. Mr..
Johns asked if delay would not be
made until the holidays SO as to give an
opportunity to prepare the record for
the supreme court. The county attor-
ney said that time for sentence might
be fixed after consultation, and the
proposition was agreed upon by Mr..
Johns.
While the names of the jurors were
being called and during the reading OF
the verdict Fleury looked steadily. with
out winking his eyes even, upon
portrait III oil of Judge Westcott Wilkin
that hangs over the bench. Fieury
never flinched when the verdict
was announced, and did not show
the slightest emotion afterward.
Being asked by a GLOBE reporter
if he was surprised at the verdict, he
of the court, given at 11:30 yesterday
morning, when the jury came In and
asked for further instructions" He
declared that he believed tue court was
;prejudiced against MIN. He was
brought into the court room shortly
after 10 o'clock, and chatted with re-
,porters in an uneoncerned way.
1t is said that the record of Fleury is
that Of sleek thief and very clever
pickpocket. On the 10Th OF December,
two years ago. he was released from
two or three years. sentence. from the
penitentiary of New South Wales, in
which country he had been convicted Of
larceny. 1t is said that the attorneys
for the defense were afraid of
Fleury's record, and for that reason
did not put him on the witness stand in
his own defense. His record is we'll
known to the police Of the entire coun-
try as very sleek thief. He has bad
record in Australia. If he had gotten
away from here without a conviction
other places wanted him. He is classed
in the records Of many police tabs as a
clever English thief. The foregoing
are the statements of police officials.
County Attorney Butler was congrat-
ulated by number of those present last
night for his able prosecution of the
case. He will proceed with the trial of
those jointly indicted with Fleury at an
early day, if he carries ont a statement
made few days ago.
The defense was ably conducted by
w. w. Erwin and Henry Johns. Asked
about what course they would pNsae,
Mr.. Johns said that they would cmove
for a new trial, and IN the event of a