The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

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to give to each witness such credit Al
In your judgment, under all the cir
c~umstances, such witnesses has shown
himself entitled to receive.
The.jury are instructed that they arr
the sole judges Of the weight of the ties
timony. In determining what weigh,
should be given to the testimony before
you, you should consider the whole Of
the evidence, and all the facts and cir.
cumstances proved on the trial, givino
to the several parts of the evidence the
weight to which they are entitled. And
1t is your duty to reconcile, if possible,
all the different parts of the testimony,
and. if the evidence is conflicting, to
carefully examine it in all of its parts,
in the light of these instructions, fol
the purpose of determining the very
truth of the matters at issue. And. IN
determining any of the questions of fact
presented in this case, you should be
governed solely by the evidence intro.
duced before you; you should not in.
dulge in any speculations OF conjectures
as to what might have been proven, or
what might have been shown to be true;
and all conclusions drawn by you
should be based soley on the evidence
before you, and not upon coniectures or
speculations.
Gentlemen of the jury, in committing
this case to you the court desires to ad.
monish you of the important issues in
volved. The court desires you to fully
understand the responsibilities resting
upon you in arriving at a verdict in this
case. No more solemn and weighty
duty can devolve upon a citizen of the
state than to pass upon an issue involv-
ing the liberty of a fellow-citizen.
On the q hand, you should remem-
Der that a failure to perform your duty,
by which a crime, if one is shown,
might 60 unpunished, and a criminal
escape the penalty of his crime, cannot
be corrected by a new trial, for the de-
PENDANT cannot twice be put in jeopardy
under u law. The state demands, and
has a right to ask at your hands the full
performance of your duty in the en-
forcement of the law, and no notions of
mere sympathy, or s~entimentality,
should cause you to hesitate In the per-
Torrance of your full duty.
And, on the other hand, you should
never for a moment forget your duty to
secure and protect every right guaran.
teed by the constitution and our law to
the defendant. You should not allow
any outside influence or pressure, or
Indignation at the crime, or sympathy
for the victim, or her relatives, to in.
fuence you in finding a verdict in this
case. You should fairly and impartial
ly, and coolly and dispassionately ex-
anime the evidence in the case, and
after carefully and fully examining and
considering it, render your verdict under
the law and the evidence, that fall and
complete justice may be rendered there
by b~etween-the -state.andthe defendant.
Your verdict should be in writing,
signed by your foreman, and should be
in one ofthe following forms, to-wit:
The State of Iowa.
j. w. Croftord.
We, tine jury, ind the defendant
guilty.
The State of Iowa
vs..
j. w. Crotford.
We, the jury, ind the defendant not
guilty.
, Foreman.
The case was given to the jury shortly
after IL o'clock Friday morning and at
4:45 they announced they had agreed
on a verdict. Court was in session at
the time, and as quick as the attorneys
and the defendant could be notified and
came into court, the jury was brought
in. The news that the jury had agreed
on a verdict was quickly noised about
and the court ROOF was crowded when
Judge Towner askel Foreman Harmon
if they had agreed on a verdict. He
replied that they had and Clerk Keller
was instructed to read the verdict. The
audience had a death-like silence when
Clerk Keller opened the verdict and
slowly read:
"We, the jury, find the defendant
guilty.. r. j. HARMON, Foreman.
The attorneys for the defendant
asked to have the jury polled, and
Judge Towner asked each one as his
name was called if that was his verdict,
and each responded it was.
The Judge then instructed Sheriff
Burns to take charge OF the defendant,
as after conviction the defendant cannot
be admitted to bail, and he WAS placed
in Jail.
On Saturday morning the. defendant
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