The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-07-17

One of the jurymen gave an account
of the proceedings in the jury. room
while a verdict vas being considered
of which the following is a synopsis:
ION reaching the jury room we ar
ranged ourselves in a circle. men and
women being placed alternately. and
proceeded to consider the case. At first
there were remarks from men and wo
men alike. but gradually the men drop.
ped out Of the discussion. leaving it to
the women. Two women considered
Iddleston's offer binding on him: two
women considered that he was absolv
ed by Miss Fleming's being engaged to
another man. while the other two jury
women took the ground that Mr.. Iddle.
ston had been treated very badly by
the plaintiff.
THE discussion on the part Of the
jurywomen lasted so long that some
Of rs began to yawn. First n won.
an. then another dropped out Of It IN.
til but one woman remained to combat
for her opinion. Then one Of the w0
men asked another II she had seen the
new skirt This switched the CONVEX.
sation On to another track than the
case In question. and in q few minutes
the women were debating the fashions
Seeing an opportunity. we men began
to consider the breach of promise case
We discovered that we all agreed that
the woman. having been engaged to
another during the time she was en-.
gagged to Iddleston. had no claim.
I'VE announced to our fellow Jury
women that half Of the jury were
agreed on q verdict. requesting the
other half to follow our example. They
at n turned their attention to the
matter in point. but az there were
and each woman stoutly maintained
her own view time passed without q
verdict. At 6 O'Clock in the evening
supper was brought in. and after that,
since the women could not agree and
were tired Of the subject, we paired
of. each nan with a woman. and sat
flirting till 10 O'Clock. when We were
marched OF to separate hotels for the
night.
1.-The next day q messenger went
from 10 with q note to the Judge. who,
supposing 1t to contain q question OF
law. called the court together. His
honor was much astonished at a re.
quest for q clergyman. Since there
was no reason for denying the request
a dominic was e n to US. and two OF
our number married
There Is something contagious about
matrfmony. and as the parson wal
leaving he was called back to marry
another couple. That afternoon one
Of the men who had been making Up
to another Of the jurywomen pro
posed that we make it unanimous and
all be married. This was rushing mat
ters. and the only wOman left on
pledged declined to take the only re.
naming unpledged man. While We
were trying to persuade her the judge
sent to know If we had reached a yer.
dict The foreman sent back word
that we had a case of an obstinate
twelfth juryw0man. but We hoped
sooD to bring her to an agreement.
"Half an hour later we all filed into
the courtroom and were asked the
usual question:
"'Have you agreed to a verdict2'
1--WE have agreed to something else.
replied OUT foreman.
What do you mean?' asked the
Judge. surprised.
-Four Of twelve have been mar
ried in the jury room. and we have
agreed to make It unanimous. the resi-
to be married here by your honor n
court
but the verdict in the case tha,
has been tried before you! exclaimed
the astonished Judge Were you IN
able to bring the obstinate jnrywU
man to an agreement
I've brought her { an agreement
y0ur honor. To marry thu elevSut1
Juryman.
"aCase dismissed. aaid the judge