New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-21
TUNNEL FOUND GUILTY.
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rya.1ners counsel. qualified. and was accepted
as bondsnaan
The order was presented to the warden Of
ne tron,bs prison. and 1T SIS p. HuTnmel
Nss released.
-rhe District Attorneys office asked later
what action would be taken on The indictments
standing against other defendants in connection
with HuIaylel These defendants are ex-Jussiee
Fursnlan and Benjamin steiEhardt, against eaca
of whom .hcre are Eeveral Indictments. alleging
s,,hc-nation of perjury. It vas stated that thus
,,st;er Was now under advisemert. and would
be decided later
when Justice Rogers began his charge TO the
1;ry Ak lo:57 a. m. the courtroom was cro"oeo
With SPECTATORS most of them being lawyers
Justice Rcgevs said in part;
t5entleyneI, o. the jury. in the first place have
10 thank you for the almost painful attentloll
inst you have given the trial. also want 10
o,ongra tulate yo. on the fact that you have been
attended by counsel CT such eninence, who nave
presented TO YOU the several sfouhoS OF WHICH
10 view the case
,,,,st say to YOU first, that notwithstanding
The care that has bsen taken 10 keep you iso-
lated il has not been due to any doubt of your
fidelity or care. With these preliminaries. VIII
ma Ike some suggestions which are applicable not
only TO this case, but TO amy ether In this
rarticular case The defendant has been indicted
Tor a cfnsr,iracv to pervert the cause of Justice
The charge is that. with others. he entered INTO
a combination, a conspiracy. formed concert OF
1baf1.rht and TO some extent of action for the
purpose of having nullified decree of divorce
made by the Supreme Court between Charles
F. Dodge and his wife
Justice Rogers then quoted the statute defining
a conspiracy from Section 16S Of the Penal Code
Continuing the charge, ne said:
The. fact that an Indictment has been found
against the defendant is no evidence OF ms
guilt 1t is only the filing Of a charge. but OF
itself it is not TO be considered as any evidence
or having any weight against him.
Now in this the allegation is Inat a coIl-
sniracv was formed between the defendant
H1,n1r1eI the defendant Steinhardt and the de-
PENDANT Charles F. Dodge. Dodge comes here
as a witness on behalf OF the people he is
placed before you as an accolnPIlce as ing
himself been participant in the conspiracy ano
reine guilty of this crime. and the statute 10
which I called your attention will necessarily De
q nnlicable TO him. He made efhdaF1ts winch
we're false and untruthful before the referee.
That he had done all this. however reprehenslole
and criminal as it was does not neGessaIi.y ~
4ablisn that he does not now speak me truth;
whether he does or not is for you to decide, ana
YOU are the sole judges.
Justice Rogers then went over the evidence
of the case in great detail. Near the close OF
his charge ne said:
Mention has been made that there is one law
for the rich and another for the poor AS 1
conceive it the law is no respecter OF persons;
Before jury in this city al persons sLatio
On eouaJfty Both Mr.. and Mrs. Morse nave
conducted themselves with the utmost propr11e.
etv during the whole OF this trying time II
-bs eTIdef3ce is TO be believed in this case, a
sTe.t wrong was perpetrated on them.
When the jury retired. Justice Rogers per
y,,,fted MI Hummel TO go to luncheon OUTSIDE
tbe building, instead of requiring hATn 10 De
locked up. pending the verdict
AS the jury came into court at 5aE O'CLOCK
IIumu1el hastily scanned the face Of each as
thew fled past the table at which he was seated
with Mr. Stanchfield The roll was called TOT
the last time and then came the question Inc
foreman answered in q clear voice IoA'S a9
charged in the Indictment
Mr. Hummel stood up and sentenced