Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-14
JURY IS SCORED
BY JUDGE OSTER
CRITICIZED FOR VERDICT IN
oUIGLEY CASE
Representative Of Out West Magazine
Is Knocked Unconscious and
Robbed While In san
Bernardino

Judge r. f. Oster of the superior
court, when the verdict of simple as
sault was rendered last night by the
jury in the case of Peter Quigley,
charged with the attempted murder OF
j. II. Sloane of Daggett, induged in u
polite though caustic roast of the ac-
tion Of the jury in letting the respon-
dent off so lightly as it did
Judge Oster said he did not approve
of the verdict and believed that not
one Of the Jurors themselves was really
satisfied with it. He believed 1t was
compromise verdict and that the
jurors had been influenced by SYM
pathy.
The court characterized the crime of
Quigley as a deliberate attempt at
murder and that he now did not have
human blood on his hands was be-
cause the man whose life he sought
was little too quick for him. He
said Sloane, under the evidence, would
have been perfectly justified in killing
Quigley in self defense.
The court also scored the tendency of
juries to render compromise verdicts
of late, and asked the members of the
jury as citizens to in the future DO
all they could to stop the practice ce
allowing such verdicts to be given. He
said it was not the province of the
jury to extend mercy, but the law
made that discretionary with the court
in passing sentence. The jury must
be guided solely by the evidence.
The practice of carrying firearms
was also touched on and condemned.
He said. "The frontier days of this
county, when every man was a law
unto himself, have passed, and as citi-
zens we ought to use our best en-
deavors to repress the frontier prac-
tees which linger."
In sentencing the defendant to three
months in the county Jail Judge Oster
also scored him severely. Quigley lays
all his trouble to whisky When leav-
ing the court room Quigley said, "I
would rather take a dose of arsenic
than touch another drop of whisky"
Referring to the scoring given him 10y
Judge Oster he said: Il would rather
serve three months in prison than take
another such lecture as that
Travelling Man Held Up
Lewis w. Rose, travelling represen
tative for the "Out West magazine,
was waylaid and robbed in this city
late last night, the thief or thieves
getting $65 and a lot of papers, valu-
able only to their owner. He was pass
ing the entrance of a dark alley when
suddenly he was attacked, knocked
down and rendered senseless. When he
regained consciousness, twenty minuta as
later, his money and papers were all
gone He was badly beaten about the
head. AS he did not see his assailants
there is no clew to the robbers.
Troubles of Hanford Supporters
On the advice of the city attorney
following the superior court decision
on the validity of the ticket nominated
by the Hanford wing of the Republi.
cans, City Clerk Allison has refused 20
file the corrected list of nominees and
also refused to INCLUDE the original list
on the official ballo.. The only move
left for the Hanford crowd is now to
get their ticket on by petition or again
take the matter into court, but there is
no time for the latter process.
1t has been discovered that whole
sale perjury is being practiced by a
certain class of irresponsible individ-
uals in the matter of registration for
the city election next month Yester-
day one fellow wanted to register and
announced his residence as Pasadena
He did not register. Several instances
of large numbers registering from
small houses where never more than
one or two persons ever lived have
been unearthed. and it is expected that
the coming week will see a number OF
actions commenced for illegal registra-
tion.
San Bernardino Brevities
County Horticultural Commissioners
S. A. Pease has received another con-