The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-02-02
County Clerk Bradley is Convicted, With
Three Jurors Dissenting from Decision,
After DeIiberating Over -Four
Hours on Case
LEGAL QUESTION is
RAISED BY DEFENSE
CsnIended No Ground for Removal from
Office is Contained in Law Under
Which Indictment Was Brought;
Judgment is Asked

inc jury IN tue trlal OF n. 4. BRAD
ley, charged with habituaI drunken
ness and drunkenness in office, re-
turned a verdict in open court at 5O2
O'Clock Tuesday evening. The case,
following a day and a half trial. was
given TO the Jury at 10 o'clock, noon.
Expecting an early verdict Judge
Jones and many court attaches and
Spectators remained in the court room
for fully half an hour, before going
to lunch.
With no other cases set for trial.
Judge Jones and the court clerk. the
county attorney, the defendant, his
lawyers. with members OF the bar and
citizens OF the city and county who
were interested in the outcome OF the
case, sat In the court room during
the long afternoon.
With the marking of each succeed
ing hour bringing in no verdict pre-
dictions o. a mistrjal became numer
Gus. AT 5 o'clock this impression
had become SO deeply rooted that de-
fendant and his attorneys left the
court room.
AT 5.25 o'clock the jury filed into
the court room and gravely announc.
ed. through the foreman, that a YER
dict had been found. Judge Jones i'm.
mediately sent for the county attor-
ney ana the defendant and his attor.
neys.
r. O. Williams, foreman OF the jury,
then handed the verdict to the judge
who. after glancing at II, handed it
to the deputy clerk, Mrs. Watkins.
1--WE. the jury. find the defendant F.
T. Bradley. guilty as charged in the
Indictment" read Mrs. Watkins.
signed. d. W. Kingston. W. W. Horn.
]. A Barker. Milton Trammell, e. ].
lxleager, Lewis Tucker. D. w Linn,
II. o. Williams. H. G. Eden. Voting
no. f. NJ. Hutchison. A. e. Malcom,
Walter Jones"
u am sorry for this finding o. the
fury. said Nj Bradley Immediately
after the return Of the verdict II
am not guilty as charged in the indict
ment. Further than that do not care
10 say anything"
Attorneys for the defendant Will
file motion this afternoon. accord.
ing TO statement given out by Ad
Melton. one OF the attorneys, asking
for a Judgment on the verdict. Rea-
sons which will be assigned for ask
ing this judgment will set forth that
the verdict was found by the jury un-
der the law, which does not provide
constitutional ground for removal ol
the defendant from office.
In case me court overrules this
motion, a motion for a new trial VIII
be Immediately filed
Arrangements have been made with
the court-and between the attorneys
for the state and defense, to go 10
Lawton and argue the motions before
Judge Jones in that city Friday night.
County Attorney Venable stated
this morning that there could be no
question, in his opinion, of the con
stitutionality of the law under which
the defendant was indicted, removed
from office and found guilty How
ever" said Mr.. Venable, "a final de-
cision may hinge on the supreme
courts Interpretation of the meaning
of the word and as used in the con
stitutional amendment referred to-,
whether it will be interpreted literal
ly as a conjunction or not"
The section specifies "habituai
drunkenness and intoxication in of
flee"