People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1895 — JURY FLAYED CARDS. [ARTICLE]

JURY FLAYED CARDS.

Remarkable Discovery ..(ale by a Chicago .Judge. “I have a mind to s< n . you all to jail,” said Judge Goggl to the dozen jurors who recently sat . t r.ng the tri il of a damage suit brought by Mrs. Mae McLeroth against t.ic- l>e La . erne Refrigerator company for ‘SJu.Octt She was Injured in an accident on the ice railway at the World’s Fair. Th.- remark of the judge was due to the act that when a bailiff went to the ;ry room to inquire v>; ether a verdict /as possible before adjournment of the court 1:» found the twelve men playiog "pedro. and so reported to t >e coin . Judge Goggin seat for the Jury, a.w asked if it was true that the n».-.i rs were t laying cards instead . .:v avoring tn arrive at a verdict. l.po? ~elng informed by a juror that ii ' is: so, he gave vent to 1 is anger w: h t.ie above threat. He on’ered 1 e men < > go back and attend to their dutit as jurors, and cease their “high five’de.iberat ions. T: e twelve left the court roo: .n a dejet ted way, with instructions to seal ti.eir verdict.