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Jury Continues Mossier DeliberationsBy ARTHUR EVERETTMIAMI. Fla. 'API - Twelve Jurymen return !o aa IB by X-fool deliberation room today, lor the weighty task d judging blonde Candace Mossier and her nephew la the 19S4 slaying o! her multimillionaire husband, Jacques Mossier.The juror* were due bock at » a.m. in the Dale County Circuit Court, here Judge George Schulx gave them their final instructions Thursday night- His legal charge lasted tbfihUy more than an Jiwr.The lives of Mr*. Mosskr and her rephe*. Melvin Lane Po»-era. rested in the juiy's hands, with no words to guide the panel toward a declarer- The state did not press for the death penalty, nor did it waive «.After receiving the seven-wceks-o'.d care at 9:14 pjn. Thursday, the ;ury deliberated for lea than two hwir* and was sent to a downtown Miami hole) at II pm.Mrs. Mossier. pm her age it «. and Powers. 29. are accused of a premeditated design whereby he bludgeoned Mossier and stabbed him » I roes In a Key Biscayne apartment June 30, 1?6« The state claimed aunt and nephew were engaged in an incestuous love affair and coveted the $33 million banking and loan fortune amassed by the 89-year-old victim.’Somebody’* loading the dtc* a(aiiot these defendants,” raid Percy Fnwnan. towering Texas chief of Powers’ defense, in bis closing argument. With wide repute as a criminal lawyer. Foreman’s fee in this ease is ROMOO.The Kale attorney is trying them for everything under the •an except murder clt; Jacques Mossier.” Foreman told the jury Ir. a four-ho.ir and S4 nlnutc summation.Preceding Foreman. State Ally. Rchard Gerstein, who heads the prosecution. said Powers wa* driven to murder hi* uncle by an insatiable desire for hi* aunt - tha u«nsn who wa* the masiermind and ma-rip.ilatnr behind the entire scheme.Judge Schulj, it, who runs his sixth llccr court room in a firm but amiable manner, sent the jury into the deliberation room,two doors removed from the courtroom ubere they had heard more than 110 witnesses since the trial began Jan. 17.they departed (heCANDACE MOSSI.KK TRIAL OVERcoast room the jury beard Judge Schuli oulfane alternatives for Rs judgmmL Besides acquittal, they were: First-degree murder — premeditated. punishable by death id the electric chair, unless a majority of the jury recommends mercy, in which case the mandatory penalty is life imprisonment.Second-degree murder — without premeditation, hut with malice, punishable by X years lo We.Third-degree murder — wr.h-' out premclitatkm or malice, up £ to X years in prison., Manslaughter - a JS.OW fine ’ or, a senterce of one to ffl yca-s. ' During Foreman’s summa-;tioo. Mr*. Mossier became 111 land loft the cnurlrccen wilh her ■I hand to her mouth. An aide said ••“'she suffered anr.lhrr attack of m'gralne headache and nausea, simitar to tho«e that afflicted her earlier in the trial.
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Petersburg Progress Index
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 04, 1966
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