Word: verdict
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Question: "Resolved, That less than the whole number of a jury be competent to render a verdict in all cases...
Question: "Resolved, That less than the whole number of a jury be competent to render a verdict in all cases...
...first moot trial by jury which has been held at the Law School for forty years took place yesterday afternoon and proved a great success. Professor Smith presided and more than half the Law School was in attendance. The jury were absent two hours before they finally returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The case before the court was a modification of the famous Howland will case...
...speeches urging the annihilation of opposition to their demands by violence and dynamite. (2) On May 4, 1886, by inflammatory speeches and placards. (b) Because of the above advice the prisoners were convicted of Degaus murder. Altgelt's letter, Chicago Inter Ocean, June 27, 1893. (c) The verdict was sustained by Supreme Courts of Illinois and the United States: 12 N. E. Reporter 865. 123 U. S. 131: (d) Oglesby when petitioned for a pardon declared the men guilty and the trial fair: Inter Ocean, June 27 and July 7, 1893: (2) Altgelt now reverses the decisions and pardon...
Question: "Resolved, That the present jury law should be so amended as to allow the bringing in of a verdict by a three-fourths of the jury." Principal Disputants. - Affirmative: G. A. Kaven, '95, W. B. Wolffe, '95, and P. G. Parsons, 2 L. Negative: W. H. Allison, '93, L. C. Renfro, '95, and N. W. Howard, 1 L. Open to all members of the University...