Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1909 — SAYS JUROR NEEDED COT [ARTICLE]

SAYS JUROR NEEDED COT

Plea For Banker Morse at New York Contains Sensational Charges. New York, Nov. 23.—Martin W. Littleton. counsel for Charles W. Morse, the convicted banker, argued a motion for a new trial before the United States court of appeals and alleged that there had been promiscuous drinking among the members of the jury which convicted Morse and that one member was suffering from alcoholism to such an extent that a cot had to be carried into the jury room. Henry L. Stimson, former United States district attorney, who prosecuted the Morse case, opposed the motion. Decision was reserved.