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VERDICTForming tho principal topic of conversation today and last night, thevei’dict of the jury in tho case againstYoung and Harper, two of thosecharged with what is known as theLake Creek hanging case, has beenmade the subject of surprised comment. indignant condemnation andridicule. Scarcely one of those who listened to tho trial of the case butwho expressed themselves as puzzled at the verdict, in view of tho fact that tho dofondants themselvs testified tocommitting at least an assault uponKonnoy.The court in charging tho jurydwelt upon the fact that under theindictment it would be proper tobring in a verdict fixing either oneof throo crimos , assault with intent.to kill, assault and battery or simpleassault. As, on the testimony of thedofondants themselves, thoro was nologal doubt as to tho fact that at leasta simple assault had been committed,the prosecution felt certain of getting a verdict to this extent, and inconsequence is very much disappointed.Judge Reid, in discharging the juryommitted the customary formality ofthanking tho jurors, and shortly afterward oxpressed his disgust at the ro suit of the trial, saying that he was ^not suro that it was not his duto havo discharged tho jurors fromfurther service during this term ofcourt.iiti
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Valdez Weekly Prospector
Valdez, Alaska, US
Thu, Nov 05, 1908
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