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- I - v.u W*WUMiami Jury Divided On Candace, Powersf *MIAMI, Fla. (AP)-The Mossier murder trial jury reported itself hopelessly deadlocked Saturday, but Circuit Court Judge George Schulz said he * would keep the :12 men in session at least' through Sunday in an effort to reach a verdict.Prospects' for an eventual agreement appeared dim in view of the language of a note sent to the judge. The jurors said they were widely split over the guilt or innocence of both Candace Mossier and Melvin Lane Powers. .The blonde Mrs. Mossier is charged with masterminding and Powers with carrying out the slaying of her husband,^Jacques, head of a multi-million-, dollar bank and loan company chain. *.......After a conference with opposing attorneys 4 in his chambers, Judge Schulz sent a written reoly to the jury, instructing it to try again “in fairness to both the state and the defendants.”When no progress was reported by 6:30 p.m. he told the juryto come back Sunday ar.d deliberate at least another day.After the note was received. Harvey St. Jean, one of the attorneys for Powers, objected vigorously to a continuation ol the jury arguments and asked for a mistrial.The terms of .the jury’s report, St. Jean said, indicated no hope for any eventual agreement and he • added that the jury should not be “coerced” into further deliberations..“The court has no intention of attempting to force the jury to reach a verdict or verdicts, Judge Schulz replied. But he said he did not feel that Ihe jury-had taken sufficient time.State Atty.. Richard Gerstein was asked, if the deadlock prevailed; ' whether he would try the defendants a second time. Very definitely yes, and as quickly .as possible,” he said.During the sensational 34-day trial of Mrs. Mossier. and her nephew, Melvin Lane Powers, she had collapsed twice, stag-i gcring out of the courtroom with! attacks of headache and nausea..
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Petersburg Progress Index
Petersburg, Virginia, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1966
Page 16
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