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Show That Jury. The jury that oouldn' t agree on the Page case are wearied, worried, annoyed, angered, and in dan-, ger of committing slaughter of some kind, if particular and sundry persons do not endeavor to seouro a little more sense and let thorn alone. They are accused of not agreeing, which is evidently evi-dently true ; and blamed for not agreeing, agree-ing, whioh is as absurd as asking a man to give up his honost opiaion and accept ac-cept that held by an other man, can bo. They were charged with being b.ibed, because they did not disregard the charge of the court and bring in a verJict that wuld have been at onoc a verdict and a judicial decision; which is a libal on their honesty, an attack upon their good sense, and shows how little knowledge of law or the rights and duties of juries is possessed by those who make the allegation. The fact is, there was onlr one thine left for tho jury to decide, and that wan wuetner undue violence was used in putting Page off the oars. Tho decision deci-sion of the court on the non-suit, the instructions of the oTJunsol, and the charge oF iho judgo left the jury nothing else to do; and to do this, they spent an honest thirty hours, or so, without food or drink, when they , oonolulei they could not agree. |