The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

Judge Ernest A. Tnglls delivered the following instructions to the ten men and four women who comprise the regular and alter nate jury panels for the conspiracy trial;
 II would like to say Q few words to you on several matters. First about the information which Is before you and about the trial, you may have noticed that the ln- formation just read to you ac- cuses Q total of 27 men of crime. As . matter of fact, not all those % defendants are on trial before you. For various reasons, five of the remaining defendants are not on trial before you. The remaln- Ing 22 are, and it k going to be your duty to pass . verdict of guilt or innocence on those 2e.
 It will be your duty to decide upon the evidence which you arc going to hear. However, as re. gards each one of these defend ants, the state has satisfied you beyond . reasonable doubt that each Is guilty of the particular crime which was charged In the information, that has Just been read Co you. You ought, there. fore, while you are listening to the evidence to have clearly In mind just what the charge is that the State has made against these defendants, The information up- on which these defendants stand charged ls lengthy and it Is im- possible Co boil it down Co Q few words. do want you, however, Co get tho gist of the information and then deliberate upon the read- ing of the information by the clerk to supply the details.
 What I say now will just be briefly what it will be my duty Co give you at the close of the evidence and at the close of the trial,
 Perhaps, if you have Co, it will be best to remember that all the information that has been read Co you--although I need to say Co you now Is that the glst of informa- ton for each charge of conspiracy and that each of the accused was . member of a willful, unlawful conspiracy.
 Namely, Q criminal conspiracy as is charged in the information is . combination Of Q federation Of two or more men Co accomplish an unlawful purpose or Co accomplish what may be . lawful purpose by unlawful means, The general p0r- portion of the information upon which members Co be tried is that oil have e0ntrived to accomplish an unlawful purpose. and through unlawful means. That Is to say, it Is charged that tho unlawful pur. pose for which they combined is to cheat and defraud the City of Waterbury and the citizens and taxpayers of the City of Water bury.
 As you listen Co the evidence, you will bear In mind that in re. speet Co each of the defendants worked with the other defendants to accomplish that purpose by some unlawful means as charged,
 Now, so much about the charges upon which the accused stand here in court and upon which you will have Co try them.
 Now, Q few words with refer. ence as to what will govern your contention during the course of the trial. There are two cardinal prin. eiples upon which trial by Jury is based. It supplies the evidence during the ease. One Of those is that the verdict of the jury must Do one which Is arrived at solely upon the evidence produced In the court room and in laws as charged to the jury by the judge. And from that it follows that the yer. dict of the Jury should be in no way affected or allowed to be af- feeted by any information or any influence heard outside of the court.
 The second cardinal principle is that the verdict of the jury must be always arrived on after dellb- eration; that Is, the deliberat ton of the Jury whereby they have ar- rived at such conclusion must Dc kept secret among themselves. Such principles govern every trial. It Is this and q certain other thing which must be careful to avoid, as l told you all before, In order to prevent your verdict be- Ing in any way influenced by any means except evidence produced. You will be very careful not to let anybody talk to you about this