Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...jury in the Guiteau trial came in at 5.36 P. M. yesterday and rendered a verdict of GUILTY...
Before the jury returned, Corkhill was asked what he thought about the charge. "It was strong," he said. "I have never had a doubt that the jury would bring in a verdict of guilty within half an hour, unless there was a crazy man on the jury...
...recess of half an hour was taken. At 5.35 the court was called to order, and at 5.36 the jury came in and rendered a verdict of guilty. Guiteau's bearing after the verdict was given was cool and collected. The sentence will soon be pronounced...
...verdict of $16,000 was rendered against Mrs. A. T. Stewart in New York yesterday, a suit for damages...
...perhaps a year and a half before he takes cognizance of the original thinkers whom it has nourished. I confess to a feeling of exasperation when one of these untutored minds propounds a view of life, or gives an estimate of character, without recognizing in any way the verdict of New England cultivation. Yet, although his lack of deference to authority is certainly due, in part, to ignorance, we must nevertheless admit the value of his new standards of criticism. He may have too little respect for the pleasures of the mind and too much for the pleasures...