The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-30
The Lack of Jurors Causes
a POStpOnement.
Willis Suit Against North
Providence on Trial.
Divorce Trial in Appellate Division.
Barsinian Free.

The trial Of Ernest Whitaker did not
take place this morning owing TO the
difficulty experienced in the efforts to OBJ
tain jury and to the fact that Judge
Wilbur, Mr.. West and Attorney General
Dubois deemed it best that so important
a case should be begun earlier in the week.
The trial will begin at $3.50 o'clock
Monday morning and it will be followed
by that OF DIR Hale who is charged with
an offence similar TO the one for which
Whitaker was indicted.
Whitaker, the defendant. entered the
courtroom this morning with his father,
and was promptly arraigned and insisted
on his former plea of not guilty to the
charge against him OF administering a
poison, TO wit, oil of tansy to one EugeDia
REYNOLDS, on the Gath of February last,
with the intent to illegally procure
miscarriage.
a jury of the first twelve men called. One
was excused at his own request; then
when his place had been filed, two other
mem bers of the panel, Henry T. Lippitt
and w. III. h. Steere, were excused at the
request of George j. West, counsel for
the prisoner. and Michael b. Lyons was
excused at his own request after Judge
Attorney General Dubois. After a dill
gent search had been made around the
court house for jurors but 10 men
could be found who were not engaged in
the trial OF n case, so il was found neces-
sary to delay the commencement OF the
trial until the return of the jury that
had retired to consider the testimony III
the case of State vs. BarsiDian.
Judge Milbar anonounced his Intention
of keeping the jury together until the
mem bers OF Ii had heard all the evidence
and reached a verdict or had made a
fairly long effort TO agree TO one.
The jury as far as empanelled consist
ed of Charles w. Aspinwell, foreman; !;
Wanton j. Austin, Michae! Barry, John +.
Sullivan, Thomas A. Eastou, John p.
Greenhalge, Jacob q. Davis, Sylvester NJ.
Sndw, Nathaniel Is. Sphinx and Thomas
Wynn.
After waiting about hale an hour for
the return of memb bers of the jury Mr..
West induced the court, as tomorrow was
a legal holiday, and the latentss OF the
week to pospone the commencement OF the
trial until next Monday morning.
Judge Wilbur dismissed the mem mbers
OF the Jury that had been empannelled
and excused them from any further con-
sideration of tho case so that on Monday
morning next a new jury will be called.
large number of persons were In the
court room to hear the more or less inter-
esiing testimony that 1t is expected will
be given in this case.
BARsIYIAN ACQUITTED.
The charge TO the Jury in the case OF
State VS.. Madrios liarsinian was made by
Judge Wilbur at the opening OF the court
this morning, and IL was quite n lengthy
one. The jury, after being out something
over half an hour returned with verdict
OF not guilty.
Barsinisn Is Woonsocket Armenian
ana Rev. William Sheafe Chase OF that
city became convinced the charge against
him OF committing an assault with a
dangerous weapon was trumped up one
and saw that the defendant had the ad-
vatage OF able counsel ia his trial. Chief
Of Police Currier OF Woonsocket declined
10 prosecute Barsinian. and at the triel
yesterday several reputable citizens Of
woonsocket gave evidence in favor of the
plain tiff and II Is very evident that the
jury sgreed with Rev. Mv. Chnce.
po4tcE- -oRFIcER- WANTS -uts- pAy--
Before.Judge Wilbur this afternoon af-
ter the postponement OF the Whitaker
case, was oegun the trial OF Police Officer
George 4. Willis of North Providence
against Frank Angel, town treasurer OF
the town named, TO secure $40 due him
for services rendered.
The plaintiff was appointed In July by
the Town Council an officer to prose~"fe