| Show DEATH FOR JACKSON found guilty of the girl he had ruined A t another hardened hardene rd a lillaia vil 1 i a 1 I ho ose crime is as horrible eibl in n det detail I 1 al i da a t that dar rut lant the california r riena fiend K 4 the latest word fro fical atrial trial of scott jackson is auh GU of murder and the death the terrible iv words ds rill ringing bridgid in scott pw jacksons ears as he pars the floor of his dark and ion I 1 cell it took the jury just tw ours and eleven minutes to leacu deac api a conclusion it wes 1204 ocl e thursday as they filed into ThI b crowded court room at a F foreman ort g shea bearing thy fatal al slip wv upon which was written wr e aten scott jacksons doom yi deathlike eath like silence prevailed as cle received the verdict ad n ai in measured solemn tones read readi we the jury find t Q defendant scott jackson guilty of the murder of pearl bryan and ad fix the punishment at death despite the stringent instructions of the judge to the contrary cori tary there was a of approval in the room and a few even applauded by clapping their hands bands tl prisoner sat motionless his big eyes ed on a table before him tho tha ws not the slightest visible tra trac tion in any fatu a fl tj he court ioa hoanh I 1 cell with a firm and ve step neither mrs bryan nor mrs jack eon bon were in the court room when court reconvened convened re for the afternoon session attorney crawford moved an arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment did not state whether jackson was guilty as principal or accessory this this the court overruled col crawford awford Ur then moved that a new trial be granted the prisoner the motion sets up eight grounds of error in the proceedings judge helm fixed saturday may to hear argument on the motion if a new trial is not granted the case will go to to the court of appeals 1 I the prisoners mother is is completely prostrated over the verdict while the murdered girls family express gratification over the result jackson shows signs of weakening and says the verdict is a great disappointment to him |
