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What the Jury Did. The jury went into retirement for 42 minutes. John Cowan, one of the jurors, was later interviewed by a reporter. He gave the following account of what took place: the first ballot was 8-4 for conviction, the second 9-3, the third 10-2. At that point a court attendant warned the jurors it was after 5 p. m. A fourth ballot was quickly taken: 12-0. "Guilty." Colloquy between the reporter and the juror...
...Juror: "From my playmates...
Artist Rockwell Kent said "exceptional knavery." Juror Richard J. Walsh of The John Day Co., said "miscarriage of justice." Jeweler Chapin Marcus, of Marcus & Co., Manhattan jewelers, said "little evidence of professional spirit." General Manager and Publicity Director Charles A. Hammarstrom said nothing. Advertising men in general said "regrettable...
...Miller, tried with onetime (1921-24) Attorney General Daugherty for defrauding the Government, was convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and a fine of $5,000. On Daugherty, one juror disagreed and he was discharged. Miller began to serve his term last April. He behaved himself well in jail and was to have been discharged next July. Last December he was recommended for parole. In spite of the custom of releasing convicts at Christmas time. Attorney General Sargent did not see fit to sign the parole then. But he did not forget. He bided his time, until his last...
Means was only a witness in the Alien Property scandal. The principals in that were Daugherty, the U. S. Attorney General, and Miller, the Alien Property Custodian. Miller went to Atlantic Penitentiary. Daugherty got off by one juror's vote...