The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-04
Three Jurymen for Conviction. :l'' IT
and One Doubtful. s8
THE ACCUSED BAILED 4.
.s TO MARCH TENTH
Many Ballots Taken by the Jury, bui..
AllWith the Same Result Except "
the Last, Whenslt Had Become y
Evident That the Mem S5S
bers Could Not Get N
Together. 3.ssss

49,
For cJ1tyiction-An Andrew W Wray. Quarless
Spicer, G. F. seisel 5 5SS
Doubtful-Nfanly B. Ramos.
For acquittal--W. b. l9izzlni, W Donali ssS
L. a. Brown Albert Grecntroe, ] n 44.ss
,Wooldrdge, j Q. Richardson. H S, y ems al
anngs, u. /. O. luckett.B S III
hi such is the way that the jury in tllasssss
case Of the Commonwealth gainst ] Iohltaf
M King, charged with bribery. q 8 cod
upon every ballot taken during the tWerl-&
sty-four hours elapsing from the time the3ss
case was submitted until last nj lght { q t!
4, o'clock, when Judge Ingram dcclaretl$s2
" lnlstrial, with one single excep pton
e This occurred yesterday fternooIS llporl#
tho last ballot, when the vote was su f-,ssg$$
posedly&us follows Il t5;3 3}{ Ss
For convlcton-t Andrew ray, N atil ss5ss
b. mos W. b. 3Io izzinl, D. "a. Brown, sa
5Jr., G. IT. seisel Charles spicer,
8 8Doubtful--none.{si .{sis III
For acquittalv Donatt y yvov'ss \
bridge, III. c. I. Richardson. .g Albert Cream 5
%trcc9II. S. Jennin gs, !. G. Eucke t.
4 = Prom tho above It will be observed sthat
tic doubtful juror ted " lth the 5mino orlI-s I
Is, while Nlr.s Browr,s and Mr.. PizSint went
over for n coHv tior Ssss
OJI1D NOT AGIa EE !. 5 5Ss ESS 5s,9s$s
q Unable to agree after "a having deli iberTSs
ntcd upon til a case for sL perlod sof ~
Sty- four X long weary n ours, IL the 5933J ur!Et
which held yin#the palm of Its! hand le,s
future freedom Of Joni tSl. King { i:..
Alderm;tn from Jefferson NV ARD u char eenS
with bribery, u @ .ne
foreman, I, Mr.. Albert Greehtree. IN formed
the court that there was n q probah hiii ty,S
8of the twelve men ever citing tog ether ,ss
although they were closeted for yea 81 Ts,ss
whereupon Judge ingram dischalrg
ssiurors nd declared s n mis- trinl: 1kStls. .#
rta1a
lntcr on bail, which was read y ~ 1u!s-$sss
#nishc1 by Mr.. y. I. o. Sulli and forSf q 2 ness G
5time besns at least the famo is cas- e35i 2 {
goycr#and done s3s ~ . . - ssss
However,. Mt the requestE Oh S.o 1
5wealths Attorney, king was bai led PM ssSA
mil the 10th Of this mUntl the ne s Xs ~
Term OF the court, when once m ore llfS3i
1yi,l 4 n ppear as a defendant at the pa rss
= nd again for the second time the ST
ring scenes and stringent denunc
sof witnesses will be ehearsefe' \.
on tho the last ballot that was y, TAKEN:
,ss tertlay before the jury was Edis hargesl@
the vote vas a tie. six 4favoring eonNis.
zion and an equal number Is$ recoTul recolll
themselves as for tai 4, !, :, 4
HESITATE; C1NsI;f III SIlMCSA ,sss.S
Severa members of tae 1ur NWels W5 . IL
#after their dismissal but they retussda
- re carding the case or ref 70 u ms
~, ~ nrsssion 1nade by the different vti
rasses ,1pon the different Juror e e 2 T
aver It has been ascertai lined tha . ~
failure OF the Jury TO arrive at a g. " verulcl
was In large measure que 70 ING
tlrnony OF Msssrs. GUIDE, .assea ~ ~.
Weinbrun theS three s''- !" ~ fS,fsf
the prosecution, ll !, 4. z. y Il {. ~,
Il Iurymen seemed to hesitat te.a8a5 SoI1ei5 W
thought it unwse to- conYict9 upon 5s.i,s'si
testimony while others seemed 9 itas , sssa
fished with what had peen 'o1a ,nSs ~
Tie iilry was quite snfflclent3to keep----nfni
trnn, voting a. conviction, for the court
inst str,,ctcd that II any doubt extste ne ne
prisoner should be given tn 9 peneHt q " !.
From the first, the very minute ainloss95
that the jury retired to. cohslusl, a,nn.d 1,,da.
dict to the time last night when Judsst s9,
ingram decided that there was no hee93
~ furtherS holding them With the SIN Ss Tst
rIa esception mentioned the vote ha as sits
been the same as stated IN the lores1a
Ing. and no amount of argument Wou,.fsi 2Iss
induce tho doubtful I MEMBER MEMBER " y s'uS'!
poslsIYYs'Ey MY'E cREENrRpE sEtRss Masf FOREMAN, III
when the body retired TO the JutS lES;
-oon,. after having the case supthl,teNNIl NlS5
10 them, their first action was % selss, Sc
foreman. There was solne .ss.n .atN t{{g
Mr. Brown, but ne deemed N Nrri' iAyJ aIhertN
Greentree. III was unanimously chossn,
fter which i. was decided 70 taKe
a trial ballot aa,,d -
In the meantime the s5urs nag uec.uea s,.ss !
to vote secretlysgg as q la. nae ,sa!' Maa
passed arourySss .oom eaeh man
sronned in a psg e5w slip OF paper. on
MINI u.hich ia his jlagment, was written the
"rnner verdict to return III the case, F'or s
a,,is minutes no ono had the slightest
suas' ,Iaa how the ballot stood, for no dis
cnssion OF the merits OF the AFFAIR mas
been mad. 4. ~ ~. ss !, <
!, -, ~ ncemnnt nnt Of the yote, as II each e1-
rected to have his Judgment proven nS
~, unanimous opinion Of other mem s58
hers OF the body, Slowly the chairman
took the slips from the hat, and 4almost
Immediately 1t was diseoYeref tnat tners
was a dissention, for u was seen snat
two piles We're being made IN the WIN
dow sill Of the pieces OF paper,
THEY GREW EsSEITEI,.58 43
AS the one stack grew rapidly ana tne
ether was slow of advancement IN prof4ss.
nnrtion, the speculation among tho jury
i,e.a,ne more apparent, and the ms HI
,rnwded more sclGsely NJ to the taliy TEs
keoper. Finally 1t was announced that
sight favored acquittal, three conVlc
ton. and one man had failed 70 YoIs'$
Tor only eleven Ballots had neep 2 ~
posited At this stage few were q a~alo s
who the doubtful man was,
Then this Jury did 5ust AZ othels hays55 .'.
done in the past and Will de- tr fhe ~ II
Stmre., 81 They commenced pairing on 10
groupsS and for q tins me room w y
. . II din IT. " Il fusion and sosslp sF