The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-22
BROWN IS SANE,
Says THE JURY
Verdict Is That Former Bank
Teller Has Not Lost His
Mind.
THIS MEANS SENTENCE
TO TERM IN PEN
Ten Hours Was Spent by Jurors
in Deliberating Over the
Evidence.

Arthur Brown, the former bank teller
who has been convicted of embezzle-
ment, was adiudged to be sane by a
jury in Judge Armstrong S department
of the District court Thursday. Tho
jury was empaneled especially 10 deter.
mine the question as to his sanity. An
other Jury had found him guilty of the
crime charged against him. and the SAN
ity question was raised in pursuance of
motion for an arrest of judgment.
The most peculiar feature of the in
sanity trial was the fact that Judge
Armstrong, the presiding Judge, both
in the trial proper and in the insanity
proceeding, was called 10 the witness
stand and testified to acts on the part
of Brown which tended to show that
he was insane In determining that
Brown was sane the jury ignored the
evidence of the Judge presiding IN the
court in which they sat.
The jury deliberated for about ten
hours. 1t was sent to the jury room at
1880 o clock yesterday morning, and
it was about o clock last night when
its verdict was returned. Hurry calls
were sent for the attorneys on both
sides, and il was nearly 10 o clock when
the verdict was read. Judge Armstrong,
upon suggestion of counsel on both
sides, deferred sentence of Brown until
next Monday. The verdict that Brown
is sane means that he must be sentenced
to q term in the penltentiary.
After the verdict had been rendered,
District Attorney Fred c; Loofbourow
made but one comment. "The verdict
is Just one,' he declared,
The argument of counsel which pre-
ceded the submission of the case TO the
jury was interesting. 1t was character
lied by stinging arraignment of AS
sistant County Attorney Willard Han
son, who is also County Attorney elect,
at the hands Of District Attorney Loot
bourow. Mr.. Loofbourow declared that
Mr.. Hanson, who was an insanity wit
ness for the defense, should not have
prosecuted Brown If he believed him to
be insane. He laid especial stress upon
the fact that no medical testimony had
been offered by tho defense TO show
that Brown was insane, and declared
that if poor and friendless man We're
on trial the extraordinary efforts which
distinguished the Brown case would not
have been exerted to save him from
the penitentiary. He declared that every
act of Brown testified to both in his
trial and in the insanity examination
showed that he was sane, and that he
knew just what he was about at all
times.
Judge Powers, attorney for Brown.
confined his argument in large measure
to declaration that the testimony of
Brown s witnesses showed that he was
mentally inaccountable for his acts He
accused Mr.. Loofbourow of trying to
prejudice the minds of the jury by as
serting that the insanity plea was made
because he had friends.
The iury's long deiberation led many
people 10 believe that no agreement
s,-n,,1l ho ,t al bo l. 4
a tagged appearance when they finally
came into court. After their verdict
was announced Judge Armstrong ex-
cused them for the term after wishing
them a merry Christmas and happy
New Year