Hide Article Text (OCR)
THE PAGE MURDER CASE ATLAPORTE, IND.The jury return a verdict ot IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE—HOW THE PRISONER . RECEIVES HI8 DOOM.XjAPoets, Ind., July 2.The jury in the Chauncey Page case, after a'retirement of about twenty-three hours, brought iu a verdict about three o’clock p. M. They entered the Court room, which itas soon thronged from floor to. gallery with eager and excited spectators, including several ladies. The prisoner, in the custody of the Deputy Sheriff, came in a little past three He looked pallid, and as one tortured with suspense, but betrayed no un-u8ual emotion. Some little delay was occasioned by having to aend for Judge^ Bradley; one of the counsel for the prisoner. That gentleman arriving, the Judge asked the jury if they had agreed upon a verdict. The foreman replied in the affirmative, and the following paper was passed to His Honor, which, after glancing over the same for a moment, he read amid a hush as still as death:MWe, the jury, do Bay and find that the de* fendant, Chauncey Page, is guilty of murder in the first degree, in the manner and form as he stands charged in said indictment, and that he be imprisoned in the State Prison for and during his natural life.W. A. Place, Foreman.^ •The reading was received by the crowd in silence.Pending the polling of the jury Page arose with his right band uplifted and open as if to ipake a solemn aBservation or take an oath. His counsel, Judge Farrand, touched him, and he thereupon resumed his seat Those who sat near say that he received his doom with a faint smile. He probably expected a death verdictIt is reported that the jury agreed upon the guilt of the accused at the first ballot. On the punishment they were divided equal-lp—six for life imprisonment and six hanging. Subsequently one of the former changed sides—making seven to five.The outside feeling is strong against the prisoner, and the verdict invites considerable comment, but while the mass of the community think the extreme penalty of the law might have been most fitly inflicted on so desperate a malefactor, they do not in the least censure the jury, composed as it was of our most upright and intelligent citizens, or the judge, who is deservedly considered one of the most enlightened and incorruptible jurists in the State.
Newspaper Details
Indianapolis Daily Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 04, 1867
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Ronna D.
CA, USA 15 Jun 2020
Other Publications Near Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis Daily Sentinel
Indianapolis Republican Convention
Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel
Indianapolis Indiana Democrat
Indianapolis Press
