The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-06
FRANKS IN THE JURY BOX.
,crsstoN AND CoAPROMIsE nj
WmSJcU A VERDICT rs REACHED.

s...uy wroaa-Tniea by Veteran Tales
- q, Panel Gn@e- Amona tire Twelve.
aI,u a believer in the jury system" said
-, snyth recently. Like all human
hN,,n,ions juries sometimes fail OF perfec-
nv but a. a rule have found their verdlcts
W. I'D sensible. Sometimes cranks get on
Wv '.s but after all. men Of character generally
are eranks $3.50 -. A..
-So,.,sr new panel is drawn there are gen
vi, DELAYS and disnGreements In the first
~, Az three cases. After that the juries bring
=, roriict after verdict as smooth as oil
"a entirely satiiactory to Justice This
IN, ,a,,omonon he attributes to the crank. lie
Wv, avery panel has its crank. At first the
~ ,nrymen hold him In respect he being
guy. .., for what he may be. But when at
w, ,Ssr find him out they learn how TO whip
- into line. or they find means Of keeping
sm out OF the hoH altogether
pr,.Asrick A. Hanneford Of l5T East Thirty
....o,b street has been serving on juries for
..,,, A score Of years. He has often come
'.,o.s tho crank. Il remember one panel"
..,oll the writer recently. when flne-look-
-. rhite.hnired man proved to be tho obsti-
,.;uror. The first case he sat in he was the
- o,s who could not take q moderate view.
n. aid he was right and that he was willing
,,.v locked UP week. II necessary, rather
Az, alter his position. All arguments fall
~. ,he Jury reported disagreement and
80 discharged. The very next case on which
~, sn..looking old gentleman served turned
al the same way | began to be disguised.
s,ll there isa certain moral courage about
r,lr,aining ones position for the sake Of abb
,,r,et Justice. and. although we all felt an
,o,sd we had not lost faith in the old gentle
nan vet. But imagine our feelings when. the
vary next time that intelligent-appearinR old
man served. he was the only one who could
"a, agree. and he became so vigorous In his
d,nunciatons Of the other eleven OF us for
not agreeing with him that We almost doubted
N,..nIty. Rather than obstruct justice We
draw up a petition asking that the obstinate
Juror be- excused from further duty"
Max Pappenheimer. whose office has been
within A block OF 80 Broad street. his present
ADDRESS. for thirty years. and whose eNperi-
,aee in Jury duty has been going on during
most o, that time. says that verdicts are gen.
,r.lly the result OF a compromise. The quar-
tiers In which the Jury is locked up are bare OF
eom,ort and unless the juror has happened to
take along a cigar or two he will find ii dffi-
cult TO stand out against the arguments Of his
fellow Jurors. The very discomiorts OF the
place all tend to make his will compliant.
Thomas {. oakley OF 80 Cortlandt street who
has served nearly every year Tor ten years
Afev years ago" said Mr. Oakley to Sun
man, was ono of the jury to try case OF
abduction. The evidence was straight enough;
tobaye been abducted had not showed as much
enthusiasm about max ing her escape as she
might She stayed q week 10 the place In which
her aIductor took her. and for all we could
make out she was satisfied there. still the law
had been violated, and after while l came to
.I.,,at. 81 l.s.s NAF
girl had been Mt fault the man deserved to be
punished Just the same. This view we could
not t one 10 sGi S s di ba S"i beep
lie was plain man Of common sense, he said.
and II the girl in the case was to blame for
would vote to have the man punished.
There We hung. eleven to one. for eighteen
hours. The obstinate Juror had only one ar
mon sense He offered to bet $50 with any one
that he could tire them all out. Nobody took
the bet. They were tired already. Eighteen
mortal hours! And during all, that time our
one Juror had been suffering. no said, with
raging headache. still he was confident OF
tiOned a fortnight as the period he would
theeriully wait before he would DO an inlns-
tee and condemn to punishment this VICTIM
About II O'clock next day. We went into
eourt, a tired eyed lot OF men. can tel you.
The Judge refused to DISCHARGE the Jury when
We reported that We could not agree Then
Wa went back. Tho obstinate Juror looked
81 me- did not srssS sat
and looked at him.
80 Well, have 1t, your own WAY. he Growled
lt last. It's rank injustice, but cannot stand
itany longer 1 assure you; gentlemen, u 1t
were not for my headache, i should never give
keS Futon has
had great deal OF Jury experience in civil
suits. and he says he has often seen the fore
the aGestion Of damages was being considered.
write down the exact amount each Juror
thought right add all the amounts together.
and divide the total by twelve to get a COM
promise verdict. Mr.. Nathan tells OF one case
where u woman sued a steamboat company for
5000 for injuries she received during
evidence were only too happy to give her u
verdict for the whole amount claimed, and
Ing the ease he has no doubt that she could
have got $1,000 or 5000 II only she had sued
iot larger sum The Jurors had no &C! right to
kIastus Hayes Of 81 VesAy street has done
al the Jury duty the law allows since taking
IRON Chicago fifteen years ago ana was i'm;
panellsd within six months. He has served
year beio that year OF exemption he served
twice In enc year He had already served IN
IN ae sS. 1hc ,2uIts wmen pahel was urS ayr
der trial was coming OF. Mr. Hayes was re-
CURED TO 60 upon this Jury observation-disclosures
be protests. tut no was challenged by the
lawyer, for tho defence. However; he re-
NAMED 10 try other eases. With u friend he
Called on the tom missioner OF Jurors when
Tie panel was finally discharged. That official
tAd Ac ought not to have cen drawn twice
Y one year aud promised not to trouble him
the next year. Mr.. Hayes says that New FORK
iLTes are superior 10 Chicago JuTies, and the
New lOIE system u selecting jurors l. more
eonprehensyo aud produces better results
thNh the hicago method. Mr. Hayes tells
bplcal lurymau's yarn,
ail!ehd OF his, newspaper correspondent.
.hols soInsthng OF wag, was selected as
Foreman Of Jury. The testimony was heard,
ths lawyers summed ~. the Judge delivered
~ charge. and the Jurors marched solemnly
lotheir room. The foreman was in hurry
sAi oll not want TO stop to argue; 30 he turned
Ad remarked confidently:
4, here Is no use wasting any time There
Hohly one side to that case
Zach Juror had formed a conclusion, and
imagined tho ivTemRns verdict would OF
ttise ne the same as his own; so all assented
'vtIat proposition.
4, Are We all agreed, then 2" briskly inquired
we quick -wlttel foreman.
uAir' came in response from all the jurors
WIN that no led them back to the Jury noX
MahuTry, and when called on for the verdict
ntLllJ gave his OWL IL did not suit the
S.ari -lry"n very we'll. bus they were too much
T'aaael OF themselvesto make any fuss ABOUT
{" 20 his verdict stood.
.,NlliAm Madsnburg Of llS Chambers street
Sw,-!essss To having been the Ell. stinais Juror
80, 80 II was in Br0OklYn and a man was
taS the e.e!atei railroad over there Tor the