The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-05
A MISTRIAL IN coNNoR'S CASE.
THE JURY RELEASED AFTER
TWENTY-SEVEN HOURS DE-
LIBERATION.

II Was a quiet, Close Jury and There
Were Many stories as to How IL
stoOd-HOw the Case Has Keen
Viewed by Those Inferested-Par-
titIOners Appointed to Divide Land.
Charles Albright Wants New
TriaI-A TrusteeshIp Changed for
Convenience.
A mistrial was declared in the case Of
Patrick Connors at $50 o'clock last night,
ard the jury was discharged. This result
was predicted the night before. though
it was not known precisely on what point
the jury would hang.
II is not known yet just how the jury
stood. 1t appears it entered into an
agreement when it entered the jury room
not to give out any indication OF its
standing, and not even the deputy sherins
who were in charge of the court, knew
anything about the questions the jurors
were stuck on. A good many stories
about the jury were in circulation during
the day. One of them was to the effect
that two were for murder outright, while
the others were for a recommendation to
the mercy of the court. Another was to
the effect that the jury stood five to seven
IN favor of a verdict of voluntary man
slaughter The jurors, however, were
very reticent about the matter.
No reports Of a favorable nature to the
defendant so far as his question of de-
ttense on the ground of seif-defense were
nedId IL was generally believed that he
would nave been satisfied with a verdict
OF manslaughter, though many of his
lrlcnus were around the court room in
hopes that they would hear a verdict ac-
quitting him of the crime with which he
was charged. IL was believed in the after
noon that the court would require the
jury to remain and deliberate on the
question over Sunday but il was decided
last night 10 let the jury 90 there
seemed 70 be no chance of any agreement.
The composition of the jury was viewed
IN various lights, but all of them were
s0od Jurors, and there It no doubt they
ana voted according 10 what they thought
a. true conception of il. This action of
me jury simply means that the trial of
the case VIII have to be postponed for
some time, The prosecution would no
doubt liked TO have seen il settled one
way or another, but the counsel for the
defendant Is not making any protest
Conhofs, as was stated In yesterdays
Mornlhg News, killed Thomas Monroe, a
negro IN quarrel in a barron in the
ola tort on Christmas day, 1894.
Mr.. W. f. Blois. ex-sherin of the CITY
/ court, has been appointed collection agent
OF the Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF New York. Mr.. BlOs also has the
commission OF a special agent Of the com
| paly. All his friends, and he has many
Of them, wish him well in his new under iiiiIsy
taking.
In the city court yesterday Hvnes ITav-
| wood was found guilty of wandering about
the streets without any visible employ
| mdnt and he was sentenced to nav "a fine
| OF S25 or spend four months on the chain
/ gang.
Tom Washington. charged with the sim
/ PIE larceny Of pair of tan shoes from
! w. ,; Davis, was sentenced to spend six
| months on the chain-gang.
! george Williams, charged with the sim
! PIE larceny OF 1885 from John Coleman
| was sentenced to pay a fine of 90 and
! costs or spend four months on the gang
sam Middleton was found guilty of the
/ simple larceny of two chickens from Jas
/ per Gill, Jr., and was sentenced TO nav a
me OF 80 or spend four months on the
Envy Gillison was found guilty Of the
! larceny of a bateau sail from Robert
| Plnckney, and was sentenced to paw a fine
! or 70 or serve three months on the gang
JeH Manuel, who stole a shot gun from
| Davis McF'all was sentenced to pay a
tine of S25 or spend four months on the
| gang.
| Willie Simmons, a one-legged bow. was
! charged with assaulting and beating
! Amanda Bradley, blind woman She
went IN a place TO get a bucket. Simmons
| was working there and wouldn't let her
| have the bucket. He might have done so,
| he said. If he had known she wanted to
| get beer In It as she might have let him
| have some of the beer. Simmons denied
| that he struck her, and charged her with
| being able to see well enough to slap his
face He was dismissed by the court.
In the court of ordinary yesterday tenn
| porary letters of administration were
! granted Isaiah Noble, on the estate of
| Lonon Warner. The estate is valued at
the munificent sum of $500 exclusive Of
! costs.
The court of ordinary will convene to-
| morrow morning at 10 o'clock for the
| January term.
In the superior court yesterday Charles
| Albright, who was charged with assault
with intent to murder and found guilty
| of stabbing not in his own defense, and
| sentenced to pay fine of 500 and costs
| or spend twelve months on the changing,
| filed an application for new trial through
| his attorney, Mr. A. l.. Alexander, on
| the grounds that the verdict was contrary
to the law, the evidence and the weight
of the evidence.
In the case of Irene J. Werm against
Agnes Bonaud, Messrs. NJ. S. Baker,
Jacob Paulsen and E. A. M. Schroeder
| were appointed partitioners to divide up
| the property in question in the litigation
and report to the court accordingly.
On application of the trustees of Trim
ity church and of the trustees of Yves
| lev Monumental church an order was
granted by Judge Failigant making The
trustees of Wesley the trustee for the
100 shares of Southwestern railroad stock
left to that church by Mr. Robert Me
up to the time OF his death, when he made
the trustees of Trinity the trustee for this
along with some other trust property
which he left to that church. The effect
of the order is simply to transfer the trus-
teeship of the portion left to Wesley to
te trustees of Wesley, instead of leaving
it in the hands of the trustees of Trinity
church.
ST. PATRIC&'S FAIRS PROFITS.