The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-23
TO JA|L SAYS
JURY TO BURTON
Church Entertainer Gets
Extra Two Months
BY His Appeal,
CLOUDS GATHER
THICK ABOUT HIM.
Another Warrant Served On Him
AS Soon AS Jury's Verdict is
Rendered-Motion to Set
Aside Decision Of Jury
Will Soon Be
Argued.

Ono stage in the now famous Burton
case was completed yesterday Tho pres
ent jury finished it's part in 1t and left
A. Chadwick Burton up gainst verdict
Of guilty OF petit larceny. with punish
ment fixed at six long months oonflns-
msnt in the city jail. Counsel for de-
fense ouickly made motion to set tho
verdict aside as being contrary to the
law and the evidence. Judge Witt took
the motion under consideration, with tho
promise to fix an carly date to hear argu-
ment on tho same. and there the cee-
brated case stands for tho present
And this is not all of Burton troubles
He had hardly had time to draw good
long breath after hearing the verdict Of
guilty. with the six months imprtson-
msnt attachment to It, before an officer
tapped him on the arm and served an
other warrant on him, charging still an
other offense.
The lawyefs, who plead for Burton, did
oil in the power of man to get their
client of, and made a strong fight in a
weak cause, but Testimony and circum-
stances were against them. and so was
live Commonweaith's attorney, who
deftly and forcefully used the evidence
and the circumstances to Burton's un-
doing.
There was nothing sensational or dra-
matte In the proceedings. but there was
intense, almost exciting, interest In every
move made BY the lawyerg. and the
court room was packed and jammed with
people anxious to hear every word that
was uttered and see everything done that
was done.
N GneCfpt
signs of excitement, but he paid close at
tention to the speeches. and when Mr..
Folkes was giving him Hall Columbia and
holding him up as "a hypocritical, sacri-
legious liar and svindler, and a ronber
of his fellow-men and the church of God. "
he never WINGED. but with as much ease
and dignity as II he had been listening
to the recitation of a poem in n parior
entertainment he looked steadily at tho
attorney. and took in every word that was
uttered. When.the verdict was read, Bur-
ton turned deathly pale for just mo-
ment but with that exception there was
no change in him. The service OF tho
new war.z,nt did not pnase him. The
failure OF the court to act at once on the
motion TO set the verdict aside is taken
by Burton and his counsel as grounds
for consoling themselves with the thought
that all is not yet lost.
Mrs. Burton Highly Pleased.
Mrs. A. C. Burton was seen a little
while after the rendition of the verdict,
but she was not disposed to talk She
only said she was pleased with the YER
dict, so much pleased that II feel as II
l could Jump over the moon without
touching n single star" That was all
she had to say.
1t is not known how much longer she
will remain in Richmond. She may be
needed as witness In connection with
the warrant Officer Wiltshire served on
Burton yesterday Immediately after the
verdict was rendered. Up to last night
she had not been summoned. 1t has not
been determined yet when that warrant
will be tried. There is no need to hurry
about it, for as Burton himself has said,
the officers know now where to find him
when they want him.
At the opening of the court yesterday
morning Judge Witt passed upon the In
structions and admitted all submitted
except No 6, offered by the Defense This
one proposed to tell the Jury that the
women having been Jointly charged with
Burton and having been acquitted, Bur-
ton must also be-that is to say, the
charge must really he conspiracy to de-
fraud and not petit larceny. This was the
only instruccGn that was refused.
Instructions to Jury.
The following instructions offered nv
the prosecution were admltted.
1. The court instructs the Jury that II
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