The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-10-20
OHIO JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF
CONVICTION AFTER LONG
DELlBERATiON.
CASE WILL 60 TO HIeHEa COURT
PENALTY A FINE OF FROM $50 Tc
$4,000 FOR EACH DAY OF
THE oFFENsE.

Findlay, o., Oct. 20.-By the YER
dict of a jury the Standard Oil com.
pany of Ohio Is guilty of conspiracy
against trade in violation OF the Valen.
tine antitrust law of Ohio.
The penalty Is fine Of from $50 to
$4,000, which may be repeated for
each day of the offense, or imprison.
ment of from six to twelve months.
The Standard Oil company Of Ohio
has given notice that It will file a
motion for a new trial Under the
practice of the court the defendant
has three days to put this motion In
form The next step will be for the
court to impose the penalty. The de,
fense will then take their bill of ex.
ceptions to such rulings Of Judge
Banker as they have objected to to the
circuit court of the state. The appeal
from this court is to the supreme court
of the state. In which tribunal there
is no doubt the issue will ultimately
be decided
To the state, the suit, the verdict
and the ultimate appeal is important,
particularly because 1t initiates an en-
tire!y new method Of proceeding
against alleged trade monopolies-
that Is. by information and affidavit
instead Of by grand jury Indictment
The verdict was rendered at Abs
a. m. and resulted from continuous
dellberation by the jury during thirty
two consecutive hours. The trial occu-
pied seven days prior to this delibera-
tion.
The first ballot Of the Jurors stood
nine for conviction and three for ac-
quittal. AS the result Of continuous
deliberations for eight hours one OF
the three for acquittal Joined the ma
jority. At the end of twenty-foui
hours one of the two remaining for
acquittal went over to the other side
and eight hours later the last of the
three gave his assent to the verdict OF
guilty
Jurymen Sing Hymns.
A touch of the dramatic marked the
two closing hours of the jury's deltb
Grafton. Hymns were sung during all
but ten minutes of this time. This
ten minutes came at the end and was
occupied by the remaining juror who
had stood out In explaining his posi-
ton and surrender to the majority.
There was not the slightest levity
about this hymnal service. The jurors
had then been many hours without
sleep. The songs. which were started
shortly after 2 o'clock In the morning
by about three voices, echoed at first
feebly through the spacious county
courthouse AS one familiar hymn
after another was sung 1t was evident
that a spirit of fraternalism was gain.
ing headway In the small chamber In
which the twelve men were locked.
The number Of voices increased; the
hymns gained in volume and enthu-
siasm. Then Home, Sweet Home"
was sung, the national anthem fol
lowed, then more hymns. Laughter
It bore no tone of derision, but OF cor
diality. A few minutes later came
the announcement that the jury had
reached an agreement and Judge
Banker was hastily summoned.
After the verdict had been read At.
torney Troup stepped up to the bar OF
the court as the jury was leaving the
box and said he wished to make the
motion for new trial In the case.
He was assured by the court that the
motion would be entertained, where
upon he returned to his hotel. The
court at once adjourned.
Prosecutor David stated that he
would take no action In the case
against John d. Rockefeller until the
supreme court passed on the jurisdic-
ton of the Standard cases. Il do not
want to run up big bill OF expenses
on Hancock county and then have the
supreme court step In and set the
cases aside for want of jurisdiction"
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