Evening journal., 1914-04-15
MR.. KELLY FOUND
GUILTY. COUNSEL
ASKS NEW TRIAL
With Verdict Against Form
erBank Cashier Comes Re-
commendatiOn of Mercy
MINIMUM PUNISHMENT
FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT

George d. Kelly. former cashier OF
the Peoples National Bank Of Middle
town, was declared guilty of making
false entries in the books of the bank
and false reports OF the institutions
financial condition 90 the Comptroller
Of Currency by jury in his case in
Z the United States District Court this
morning after dclDerating since
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Coupled
with the verdict was a recommenda-
/ tion of mercy for the convicted man.
AZ 90i o'clock this morning the jury
J lccidcd that Mr.. Kelly was guilty OF all
/ the allegations in the indictment. They
made known 10 the officers of the court
! in charge of them that they had reach
ed verdict and Judge Bradford was
I sent for. ne had set the time for the
court TO convene as 10 o'clock.
II was Just 9.35 O'Clock this morning
, when the jury slowly filed out of the
jury room and solemnly walked across
( the court room and took seats in the
/ jury boN.
Gentlemen, lave you reached a yer
dictg' asked Judge Bradford.
Norris 5. Short. foreman of the jury,
arose from his chair and in low voice
announced the verdict: 1--WE find the
defendant guilty in the manner and
form as indicted, and recommend
mercy
Evidently the defendant did not
clearly understand The forcman's words
for he asked Whats thaty'' as 10
himself he was appraised OF thcir real
meaning a secotd later by the soft
CRYING of his daughter. Miss Emma
Kelly who sat by his side and the
iudgc'- orders 10 United States Mar
shal Townsend that the defendant was
i'm his custody
On account Of the carly hour there
we're few persons IN the court room,
and If they expected any emotion on
the part of Mr.. Kelly they were dis
appointed. The defendants face
turned little winter than usual and
he rested his chin in his hand and
! looked at the floor. but that was all.
His daughters grief was piuable,
|. and the hearts of everyone in the
, court room went out to her. She
, sat beside her father. crying softly,
while J. Frank Ball made Formal
! motion for a new trial
2 Immediately after the defendant
was given over 10 the custody of the
I marshal, MIR. Ball moved for a new
= trial aud arrest of judgment. He
also asked that he be given additional
, time for fling his reasons why a
new trial should be granted. District
l Attorney John y. Nields stated 10 the
, Court that he would consent 10 this,
J and Judge Bradford announced that
he would see Mr.. Ball later I'm rela-
I tion TO the matter
The minimum sentence for the Of
tense of which the jury declared Mr.
Kelly guilty is iive years i'm the FEEDER
al prison at Atlanta, Ga. The maximum
sentence is 10 years Imprisonment.
Judge Bradford discharged the jury
until Monday morning when some
civil cases are to come mp.
When asked how they had arrived
at the verdict and the number of bal.
| lots taken. none Of the jurors would
make a statement Their only com.
ment was that they had agreed among
themselves not to disclose any of the
matters that had taken place IN IN,
jury room. Later one of the
jurors told some friends that he hopet
he would never be called upon to si
I'm another criminal trial because o
p his distress over the Kelly case. Hl
expressed the belief that every mem
q Der of the jury would sign a petition
for the Communication of sentence Of
.. for a pardon after the sentence is i'm
/. posed by Judge Bradford, should h,
= refuse a new trial.
t The jury continued its delibera
n tons in the jury room until about L.
r O'Clock last night, when in the custody
5 of Deputy United States Marshall
j, Mitchell and Finn the jurors were
\ taken to the Hotel DUPONT. A suite
!; Of six rooms on the tenth floor of the
\ hotel had been engaged for them anC
= the jurors were taken to these rooms
!, and locked up with the officers il
Y charge of them. According TO one o
the jurors, the twelve men we're al
most exhausted by the long ordea
, through which they had just passe,
. and they decided not 20 discuss thi
s case further until this morning. Thl
members of the jury then went to BET
Il and this morning returned to the jur.
i room a short time before they reaches
o an agreement in the case During tn
81 time the jury was out all meals wer
8 served to them in the jury room. The.
a reached their agreement on the frs
ballot this morning The jurors wer
John q. VAIN, William p. White
Matthew ID. Murphy. Lewis H. Lyman
! A. r. Ottwell, Charles f. Walton, Nor
ris Short, Earl b. Nowman. Gran
Vile Cannon. Charles c. Tatman, II
: B. Truitt and John e. Burdman.
u Mr.. Kelly has been Qua on ba
since he was first indicted by tn
Federal Grand Jury last year. TIL
= amount of his bond was fixed at 81
II O00 AS soon as the verdict was pro
nounced this morning, Judge BraC
II ford put Mr. Kelly in the custody {
/ United States Marshal TOWNSEND
/ who Is also the president of III
bank. of which the defendant was fC
% years cashier, and which figure
\ i'm the present case. Mr. Kelly wa
not disturbed by the marshal OF an
\ of his deputies. but was allowed
II remain in. the court room with "a
daughters and other relatives, VII
4 gathered around him. long after n
\ court room had been vacated. NJ
Kelly sat 10 the center Of the grou
his hand supporting his head and b
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