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Show Compromise Verdict. In speaking of the humorous side of legal s -'"eeMngs, a New York law-yor law-yor tells of an extraordinary verdict rendered by a Jury In Arkansas. The Jury had gone out to deliberate upon the question whether- the defendant had Inflicted damages upon, the property prop-erty of his neighbors by permitting his cattle to roam at will. ' The Jurors' had a "deadlock." and, according to onn of their number, It was soon perceived that they woud never agree. Consequently, It seemed to them a good idoa to effect a com. promise; to they brought in this ver. diet: "We, the Jury, find the defendant almost guilty." Harpor's Weekly, |
