Show distinguished JUDGE COMMENTS ON boice TRIAL he declares the jury system proved to be free from public passion and demand chicago june 5 A remarkable in dor of the jury verdict which acquitted william D haywood of complicity in the murder wag made last night by judge william II 11 seaman of the united states circuit court of appeals ip peals in an address delivered before the graduating class of the chicard Chica gd kent college of law judge seaman cited the haywood trial as one of the most striking proofs of the contention that american juries can weight the evidence in a case without being swayed by public opinion when the haywood case was tried said judge seaman the community where the trial was held and indeed the whole country was aflame with popular clamor the people and high officials of the people demanded haywood s punishment and demanded it with a voice that no jury could have failed to hear the verdict rendered in the face of public passion and demand was absolutely just and it was a remark able vindication of the jury system in america whether or defendant was guilty will never be absolute ly known but it was clear that he was not proved guilty under the law and the haywood jury uninfluenced by the clamor stated this fearlessly |