The evening world., 1894-03-22
JAMESON
IS GUILTY.
His Jury Recommends that EI-
treme Mercy Be Shown
TO Him.
WILL Be SENTENCED MONDAY.
Justice Newton to Be Tried on
the Mild Charge Of 0mis-
sion of Duty.
HIS CASE PROMPTLY CALLED.
Extreme Penalty for Jameson
Would Be Ten Years at Hard
Labor in State Prison.

The Jury in the case OF Constable
Jameson, Of Gravesend. on trial in
Brooklyn for perjury in connection with
the Gravesend election frauds, brought
In verdict Of guilty at Ills this morn
Ing. Extreme mercy is recommended.
The jury was polled at he request of
Lawyer Paterson, for Jameson, and
each Juror stated his finding to be
guilty"
1t appears that the jury stood II to /
for conviction. The obstinate Juror is
believed to have been Thompson, and 1t
Is thought he voted guilty only on con-
dition OF the recommendation for ex-
treme mercy.
Jameson will be sentenced Monday.
There was a tremendous crowd In
court when the verdict was rendered.
Jameson was not in court when the
jury came in with the verdict. He had
gone out with Sheriff Buttlng. The
Court had to wait five minutes for him
to be produced
II took the verdict very coolly.
He was taken to Raymond Street
Jail.
The limit OF punishment for perjury In
ten years.
The jury came into court at 9.45 this
morning and told Justice Brown that
they could not agree upon a verdict.
Foreman James o. Clev eland. in an
swer to the question OF the Court as to
whether there was any instruction which
he could give them which would enable
them to come TO an asreemer: :, replied:
1T might help some OF the Jury IL
Your Honor would instruct us whether
We can throw aside the direct evidence
and Judge the case by the surrounding
circumstances"
Justice Brown. seeing there was still a
possibility that verdict might be
| reached, gave avery careful and guarded
| answer to this inquiry.
1T Is the duty of the prosecution" he
| said. "to prove the guilt OF the prisoner
beyond unreasonable doubt. Now, this all
resolves itself into the question as to
| whether you shall believe the testimony
| OF Jameson or Newton.
WAS there any oath administered
when the latter signed the complaints
against the men who were arrested
at Gravesend? Jameson says there was
not. Newton says there was"
You might toke the view that those
two contradicting statements offset each
other. and that the prosecution had not
proved It's case. 1t is here that you
must take into consideration the sur
rounding circumstances to help you In
comings to some conclusion.
IT is said that Newton turned States
| evidence, which might show his interest
| II is Tor him TO say what weight shall
be given to that allegation. which might
| weaken his testimony on this trial.
''On the Other hand. the aftidavits TO
which Jameson swore in the contempt
proceedings contradict HIS testimony In
| this case and corroborate Newton's.
| These aiiilnvits are most important In
| this case. for they corroborate each other
| and show the same state of facts cor
| Newton.
"Jamieson testifies that he heard these
atidavlts read In court. that he knew
what they meant yet lie never contra
dicted them until he came 70 the wit
| ness-stand In this trial.
| 1t is also true, he says now, he did
not know what the atiidasits contained
when he signed them, and i: - FOR you
TO say how much creien ,e shall he given
to this statement. II he aid net lnow
then, of course the atfidavlts cannot be
| regarded as OF any imp1rtInce.
| one of the jurors wanted to know
whether or not Jameson was bound to
| correct a misstatement in his athdavit
when he heard 1t read in court and knew
| II was untrue.
Justice Brown said the defendant had
a perfect right TO interrupt the proceed
not bound to do so, He refused TO
| charge that the defendant had no right
| 10 interrupt the proceedings, as Mr.. Pat
| terson requested, and repeated that the
| Jury might take into consideration all
the surrounding circumstances OF the
| case.
| The foreman asked whether any more
| weight could be given to the docu-
| mentary evidence In the case than To
| the testimony of witness. Justice Brown
replied that II only had equal weight
| under any circumstances, and that the
| Jury alone was the Judge OF what weight
| should be given to evidence.
| They could throw out the testimony
| OF any witness or any other evidence
| they chose After receiving these in
structions the jury again retired.
The jury came in again at 1880 and
asked that the testimony OF Stenographer
man who took the affidavit OF Jameson