The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-29
JURY ACQUITS
MILES R0MNEY
On the First Ballot it Finds Him
mot Guilty"
SHOT H. STRONG SEPT. IA, OF
MOTHER SHEDS TEARS OF JOY
WHEN her SON RETURNS.
SHOT H. STRONG SEPT. IA, OF
.nrOT enIILv Il chareed ;,

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N That was the verdict which the
jury I'm the Miles w. Romney muir
der ease returned to Judge W. G.. Hall
at $50 o'clock last evening. The con
clusion was reached on the first ballot
which was taken In less than half an
hour after the court had concluded its
instructions.
The jury reached its verdict before Z
O'Clock AS Judge Hall had gone home
20 dinner the jury decided that it would
go 10 dinner also and report later i'm the
evening Deputy Sheriff W. b. Booth,
who had the men in charge. was in
structed 10 notify the court and the at
torneys for the defense that a verdict
had been reached and that the jury
would he ready to report at s o'clock.
Romney Not Visibly Affected.
News TO that effect gained circulation.
with the result that when the jury filed
into court az that hour there was a fair
sized crowd present A messenger boy
notified the attorneys for the defense
that the jury had reached "A verdict.
and they accompanied by the defend
ant ana his TWO brothers, reached the
Joint building before Judge Hall did.
who ascended the bench at $40 o'clock.
Foreman Henry kirkman then an
nounced that the verdict was mot
guilty as charged" In the usual legal
way Judge Hall discharged the defend
ant, thanked the jury which in turn re-
turned the compliment, and court was
adjourned until Monday.
Those who We're in the courtroom at
the time the verdict was announced and
who knew the defendant. crowded
around him to congratulate him upon
the favorable termination of the case.
Romney maintained the same stolid de-
meanor during the congratulations that
De did during the progress of the trial
He thanked each one for the recogni-
ton and then left the courtroom with
his brothers and attorneys. They went
90 the office of Judge King i'm the Com
merciaI block. where the three brothers
remained for a short time. Then they
went 20 break the news to the aged
mother who lives at 22I T. street.
Mother Shed Tears Of Joy.
She was overcome when she heard the
news and broke down and cried for JOY
The mother was unable TO attend the
trial OF her son as she is slowly recOv-
ering from the effects OF a broken limb.
sustained some time ago by slipping
and falling iu the yard i'm the rear Of
her home. When seen at his mother S
home Miles ROmney said:
There is little ] can say. was con-
hdent from the first that I would be
acquitted q 10 not care TO 60 into the
merits of the case. Ii is sufficient that
have been indicated by the jury.
That ought 20 speak for Itself. If YOU
care 90 consult my personal wishes you
viii say as little as possible
81 shall remain here for tonight. To-
morrow I viii return 90 my farm east
of Murray. ! have no plans for the
future. l shall probably turn TO farm
ing; still, ] may not. 1t all depends
upon circumstances I shall return TO
Salt Lake i'm a few days, just as if moth
ing had happened. Everything taken
into consideration, I think the least said
about 10 the better"
Acquitted by His Peers"
The verdict was not "a surprise 10
Judge King who. with j. NJ. Hamilton,
defended the prisoner.
"It came out just as ! expected it
would, said the judge last evening.
The fact that the jury reached its