The Redwood gazette., 1902-12-10
FOUND HIM GUILTY.
Jury in the D. G. Robinson Case Reach a
Decision.
MankatO Free Press.

teen hours the jury in the case OF
the State Of Minnesota VS.. y. u.
Robinson returned into court at
about 9:3O O clock yesterday with
verdict of guilty as charged in the
indictment-utte forged papers.
But few people were in court when
the Jury S decision was announced
and Robinson himself appeared to
be the least uncOncerned Of all. } ust
before the jury came in Robinson
waiting for the twelve men to con-
clude their deliberations the de-
fendant arose from his chair and
pulling u cigar from his vest pock-
ct he proceeded to light it after the
manner OF one who was to be given
an ovation. He strutted about the
room and had Que Of those l-am-tO-
be-set-free looks. When the YER
dict was read the prisoner never
turned hair. as the saying is.
and no one could tell from his ap-
pearance that he was disappointed.
The jury having been out so many
hours he had reason to expect that
they had agreed to disagree on a
verdict Of acquittal had been
reached.
The defendant 5 attorney, W. l..
COmstock. asked for and was grant
ed a stay of proceedings until Dec.
9, when a move will be made for
new trial, Mr.. ComstOck having in
view one or two points that he will
bring before the court. Mr.. Com
stock made a gallant fight for his
client and Mr.. Comstock himself
made the best kind Of a witness.
The general pnblic, however, were
quite surprised that the jury re-
manned out SO long a time, under
the circumstances surrounding the
case.
The Jury agreed not to tell the
public anything of their delibera
tionS nor to relate how the ballots
stood. Juries always make this
sort of a resolution. The Robinson
jury was given the case at about
2:2o Wednesday afternoon. The
first two ballots were nine to three
in favor Of conviction. The ballot
ing continued at about that ratio
until along in the night there was
considerable seesawing, and finally
the ballot stood eleven to one in
favor Of conviction. This is about
the way the balloting stood until
the agreement was reached.
Judge Cray went to the court
room at about 9 o clock and had in
,truct"d the bai!itT TO call the jury
into the room 50 that he could learn
whether there was any likelihood
of an agreement being reached,
when the jury 5, Mt word that it had
agreed
Robinson is not without his friends
and they were IN hopes that the
Jury would either acQuit him or
disagree. But on the other hand
they were aware of the fact that an-
other indictment stared him in the
face and that even ntuallv he would
have to 90 to trial on that one.
Mr.. Robinson is much disappoint-
ed at the verdict of the jury. When
seen at the jail by Free Press re-
porter he said: Il have nothing to
say except | was somewhat sur
prised at the verdict. | expected
an acquittal. | fail to see where
the State made out a case
Mr.. Robinson expects that a new
trial will be granted him on the mo,
tion to be submitted by his attor-
nev Dec. Sth, on the ground of err
rors and that the verdict was not
warranted by the evidence.
County Attorney Wilson states
that he will probably move for sen-
tence Dec Sth. at the time the mo-
ton for a new trial is heard. He
states that he does not see where
there is any ground for such mo-
ton and does not expect that it will
be granted.
The penalty for forgery in he
second degree, OF which Mr.. Robin
sou was convicted, is imprisonment
ia the State prison for period not
exceeding ten years. It is in the
discretion OF the court to make the