Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-25
DEFENDANT NOT PRESENT
Friends of Pastor Accused Of Per.
WEEP AND VOICE GRAFT
rUDE To MEMBERS OF
JURY.
REJOICING FOLLOWS
Friends IL Pastor Accused OF Per-
jury Gather and Begin Singing
"oId Time Religion"-Old
Rlack Nanny Figures
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Special to Daily News
Fort Worth. Tex. April 24.-The
jury In the case OF DR.. ]. Frank Nor
ris. charged with perjury. returned
a verdict of not guilty" at 2:20 this
afternoon
l'r Norris was not present when
The verdict was read. Mrs. Norris.
however. thanked the Jury and then
left the court room In company witt
friends When the verdict was read.
wild cheering broke loose In the
court room aud II was several min
ntcs before the insistent rapping OF
judge Simmons restored order.
The verdict was signed by A. n.
Stinnett. foreman. Every effort was
made TO get Dr. Norris into the court
room 10 hear the words which frssi
him, but his attorneys were lnable 10
reach him by telephone until after
the verdict was read.
As the verdict was beinf read
by George Harris. clerk Of the court.
Mrs Norris began TO weep for Joy.
Then she arose from her seat walked
tc the iurv how a''A 49, .
.I-H.
1n. Ne-,a.l 1t Ou~I
/ 'n .h. ro.n uheu the Jury
ported aad many of them vopt vita
1r rle Thcv followed the az.
,. ...e t0 ,he iuy box su hook
cac, lIror ~ Tue hanG
Mrs. Norris took = snat IN the jury
hoy. while her friends gathered about
her and oesar singing 'Tis the Old.
Time Religion" and We Shall Nee.
on That Berutifi shore.
Dr. Norris was az the residence OF
Cer!ec White on Second street at tho
time the jay reported As soon as
he was reached by telephone he start.
ed or the court house. Mrs Norris
awaited his arrival
simmons Reads Charge.
The ease was given 10 tire jury at
20 05 a. NJ. JudGc Sirons began
reading his charge promptly at 10
O'Clock but LONG before that hour
the court room was filled with Gag
or spectators. DIR Nor is being sur
rounded By his congregation and
friends. Hc appeared entirely conf.
dent OF tho result.
Tho statement OF the law. as real
Ihy Judge simmons seemed 10 add TO
the spirit OF the Cowd. as they fitted
the applicability OF the charge TO Ger.
Itain parts of The evidence This was
shown particularly in the special
Ichlr-c 200 thp conclusion. when the
Jury wa warned that they must not
consider certain OF the closing argu-
mcnts bearing on the effect Of yer.
/ dict on Tarraut county and it's eth
ccrs
/ BLACK Nanny Figures.
An amusne occurrence took place
shortly after the jury left the cour.
room.
An old-timc negro NANNY" with
considerable ayoiFdupois. came in.o
the cotft foCm, asking for Judge
simmons As she reached him, she
Announced tina. she had = message
from the Lord. Woe be unto you,-
she declared and began dlstrlb1tirx
printed tracts To her the court was
apparently a reincarnation OF Agriprs
Defense Special Charges.
The special charges askec bv the
defense were read after Judge SIM
mons read tho general charge. and
had gone 20 his room tc consider the
special charges. These CHARGES wers
that they we're not to consider an ar
lsumeut TO the eject that a verdict o.
acQuittal would brand the grand jur,
officials and business men OF For
worth as oonspirstors. or that a,
acquittal would class the selection o
: a Grand jury as a conspiracy
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