Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-04
is YEARS IN PRISON
FOR JULIAN PAvl|N|C
Jury Finds Him Guilty Of Murder
IN the Second Degree After
Being Out few Hours.
EXPERT EVIDENCE NOT BELIEVED
Foreman States That Verdict Was
Reached on the Assumption of
Mans Guilt, but Question of Doubt
as to His Sanity Raised by Alien
lsts Caused Jury Not to Hang Him.
Especial to the Daily Press From
Hampton Burcau.)

Hampton Burcau)
HAMPTON, VA. July 3.-"If thcy
believed me guilty why didn't they
hang me? Blood for blood. Hang
me-" said Julian Pavlinic when the
court asked him If there was any
reason why sentence should. no, be
pronounced
Judge, Blackstone said he took
great pleasure in sentencing the man
to eighteen years In the penitentiary
as he thought the jury had been cx-
tremely kind, ;nM >sal
The case went to the jury at 4:33
O'Clock this afternoon and 1t
was just 10 minutes after O'Clock,
when the jurors handed in the yer.
dict. Judge Blackstone had taken a
recess at Cos o'clock with the un-
derstanding that when the jury had
agreed Sheriff Curtis would inform
the court
In few minutes Pavlinic, accom-.
panied by Deputy Sheriff Curtis, came
into the court room. He appeared
to be ina happy frame of mind and
conversed freely with his counsel
: and his friends who have been Of
fering him encouragement.
Smokes a Cigarette.
: Clerk Harry Fl. Holt who had gone
home for supper, was sent for. Dur
ing the interim between the arrival
of the prisoner and the clerk, Paw
linic smoked cigarette and laugh
ingly talked with Mr.. A. j. Kidd and
his; attorney. Judge Edgar Il. Mon.
tague. Pavlinic showed that he was
laborlng under great tension. al.
though he endeavored to be brave.
Mr.. Kidd encouraged him,
AT $3.50 o'clock Clerk Holt entered
the room and went to his desk. The
jury was then polled.
Gentlemen of the jury have you
agreed upon verdict?" asked Clerk
Holt.
Jury Answers 1--WE Have"
I'VE have" was the quick response
which came from Foreman G. w.
johnson, who Immediately handed to
Mr.. Holt the Indictment, upon the
back of which was written the YER
dict.
Julian Pavlinic stand up" com
manded Clerk Holt
Like an arrow from a bow Pavlinic
shot up from his chair. He was ex
tremely serious. His face showed
the heavy strain under which he
was laboring.
Gentlemen of the jury look upon
the prisoner" said Mr.. Holt, chow
say you,. is he guilty of the felony
OF which he rs indicted?"
The Verdict Read.
Clerk Holt then read the verdict,
as follows:
we, the jury, find the prisoner
guilty Of murder In the second de-
gree as charged in the within indlct-
ment and fix his punishment at
eighteen years In the pcnftentiary
The verdict was corrected by the
substitution of single word and
then the clerk read to the now dazed
man the corrected decision of the
twelve men consigning him to the
eighteen years term.
There was unusual quiet In the
court room. although there were
probably fifty persons present, in.
Guiding three or four ladies'.
Verdict Surprises Prisoner.
Pavlinic received the verdict with
evident disapproval and disgust. He
had either expected death or ac-
quittal and the eighteen years in
the prison was not looked for.
After the prisoner had been told
to take his seat. Judge Montague
his counsel, who put up brilliant
fight to; save the man from, the gal
lows, asked the court +toSset the yer
aict aside as contrary to the law and
evidence. When will your honor lie