The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-20
OIL TRUST IS CONVICTED JURY AT FINDLAY, OHIO, RE-
 TURNS VERDICT.

Penalty for violation of the Ohio AntI- |
 Trust Law Fine of from $50 to s5,-
 900, or Imprisonment of from Six to
 Twelve Months--Company Gives NO-
 tice of Motion for New Trial Findlay, O., Oct, 19-By the verdict of q mry inc Standard Oil company of Ohio hs found guilty of conspiracy against trade, in violation or the Val entine Antitrust law of ono The penalty is a fine of from S5O to $5,OOO, which may be repeated for each day uf the offence, or imprisonment or from six to twelve months The company has given notice that it will file mo- tion for a. new trial. Under the prac- tce of the court, the defendant has three days to put this motion in torm
 The next step will be for the court to impose the penalty. The detense will then take its bill of exceptions to the circuit court of the state. The ap- peal from this court is to the supreme court of the state, by which tribunal there is no doubt the issue Will ulti- mately be decided
 The jury deliberated thirty-two hours. The verdict was received at 4S6 this morning, the jury having announced It's readiness to report exactly at four o'clock The court and attorneys ar rived half an hour afterwards, when the verdict was rendered.
 When the jurors came in and had taken their places in the xox, Judge Banker said:
 "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?"
 Foreman Bales.
 Your honor, we have" responded Foreman Bailes.
 What is that verdict7"
 To this the foreman sent to the court a typewriter form, which had been filled out, and the court read 1t as fol- lows:
 We, the jury in this case, find the de- fendant guilty in the manner and form as the defendant stands charged on the information
 A. L. Bales, Foreman.
 There was not a spectator in the room, aside from MT. Troup, attorney for the defendant, the prosecuting at torney Mir David, and several news- paper men, and no demonstration fol- lowed the reading of the verdict.
 Do you want the jury polled?" que- ried the court to Mir. Troup.
 That is not necessary was the an- swei
 The court then addressing the jury said: Gentlemen, you deserve all the credit and thanks which are due you for your patience and close atatention to this case, and I want to thank you, and in that word express all there Is in 1t, and all can express. You may now be discharged and go to your homes
 As the jurors were leaving the room Mir Trop stepped up to the juge and said he wished to make a motion fol a new trial of the case. Judge Banker assured him that such motion woult be entertained as a matter of course The court at once adjourned, and fivt minutes after the verdict had been ren, dered the building was dark and de. serted.
 To the state, the suit, the verdict and the ultimate appeal are important particularly because the case initiate, an entirely new method of proceedinr against alleged trade monopolies--tha IS by information and affidavit, instea( of by grand jury indictments
 When the case went to the jury a S;3O o'clock Wednesday night, after trial lasting seven days, the first ballo of the jurors stood nine for conviction and three for acquittaL As the resul of continuous deliberation to o'clocl Thursday morning one of the three fo aoquittal Joined the majority. At o'clock Thursday night one of the tw remaining for acquittal went over | the other side, and at o'clock thi morning the last of the three gave hi assent to the verdict of guilty" A Hymns were sung during most of tn closing hours of the jury's delibera tions. There was no levity about thi a hymnal service. The jurors had the been many hours without sleep. Tn \ songs, which were started soon after o'clock in the morning by about thre A voices, echoed, at first feebly. throuR I the spacious county courthouse. A one familiar hymn after another wa y sung it was evident that spirit o s fraternallsm was gaining headway i N the small chamber in which the twelv A men were locked. The number of voice 4 Increased; the hymns gained in volum and enthusiasm. Then Home, Swee I Home" was sung, the national anther 8 followed, then more hymns. Laughte \ was heard between the limited pausei A but bore no tone of derision. A fe, J minutes later came the announcement H that the jury had reached an agree ~ ment.