Show JU JURY RV DISAGREED San Francisco Chronicle Some years yea a ago o while I was reiding residing at Visalia remarked Attorney William iia H 11 Alford r I was cIe called to Hanford to defend a petty offender In 8 a justIces curt The defendant had demanded a jery tria trial an and we e pt put in half a day try tryIng Ing to get 8 a jury oly only to fn find out at the end of that time that we had one lone juror in the jury box boxWell Wel Well Im Im vUng willing to t try the case with Oe one juror si said the attorney for the pros prosecution So am J I I delre declared And we proceeded with the triaL The arguments were funn funny for the reason that the attorney for the prose prosecution cuton cution persisted in addressing the lone juror 8 as gentlemen of the jury and I succeeded succeeded in swelling the jur jury with a feeling of pride and d satisfaction by some comment on the hon honesty ety esty Intelligence ad and Integrity of the b body I realy really thought I had that lone juror won Ten Then the constable led him himot ot out to the jur jury rom room where h he might de deliberate liberate with himself In twenty minutes the jur jury returned with the tho announcement that no agreement could be reached reach d 1 What thundered the justice of the peace You gt get back tere there again and androch andreach roch reach a verdict agn The jury wa was ot out twenty minutes more more The jury disagrees wa was the an when the cour court asked the lne lone If he bd had arrived at a ver diet You ou see Is Its like thi this he hc wont went on onto onto to explain se When Ven I consider the teti testimony mony of one side I want to find the do de defendant gity guilty and when I consider the thet t testimony of the oth other r witnesses I want to discharge him I cant agee agree wIth my myself self sel And the jury was discharged |