Show 7 V T t i k JETT WILL BE HUNG FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF MARSHAL COCKRILL verd ct came as a surer se to every one in court room but D d not seem to affect jett after a trial tria I 1 lasting eight days the jury in the case of curtis jett charged with the murder of town marshal cockrill at jackson ky july 1902 rendered a verdict of guilty and fixed the punishment at feath the jury retired at 2 14 4 p in when jie he jury entered the court room at 0 10 p in after agreeing agree ingi on a ver ilat quiet reigned for a few moments jett jetts s mother had gone away earlier inder the impression that no verdict would be reached and the verdict of death coming coining about two hours after the jury was out avas was a surprise ta every ev ery one in the court room the reading of the verdict did not affect jett but his brother was very much distressed this has been the second trial of curtis jett on the charge of murder in his first trial for the murder of J 13 marcum at jackson ky jett and thomas white were sentenced to life imprisonment the jurors agreed among them selves not to divulge the proceedings in the jury room one juror however stated that tor for four ballots eleven jurors voted for the death penalty and one tor for a life sentence all agreed on the fifth ballot |