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Show 'NOVEL VERDICT. Representative Broussard of Louisiana, Louisi-ana, give? this as a specimen of a peculiarly drawn Jury verdict: "A fellow had put a toad? of buckfhot into the anatomy of a neighbor who persisted in trespassing on his lands. . The buckshot, each and everyone of them, hit where they would do the most good, and the result was that there was a dead man with his body riddled with leaden misrtle. Now, the fellow who did the shooting was a very popular man, and had a good) bank account, too. It waa evident from the first that th Coroner's Jury didn't have any idea of holding the man for murder. The Jury deliberated long and wisely and returned re-turned this verdict: " The Jury r of on mind tempo-I'rarlly tempo-I'rarlly Insane.' " |