Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1891 — QUEER SCENE IN A COURT ROOM. [ARTICLE]

QUEER SCENE IN A COURT ROOM.

Cheering: by the Onlookers and Shouting by the Jury Over the Acquittal of a Girl. At New York, on the 27th, the jury in thet ease of Pasquelina Robertello, the Italian gerl who shot_ her lover to death because he violated her person and then refused to keep his promise of marriage, brought in a verdict 1 of not guilty. Ono of the most affecting and exciting scenes ever witnessed in a New York court room occurred on the announcement of the verdict. When the clerk asked the usual question of the foreman he almost shouted “not guilty,” and. without waiting for a poll of their names, the jury shouted in unison, “Not guilty; not guilty.” The scene which followed beggars description. Men jumped upon the seats, waving hats and handkerchiefs,and yelled and cheered; nor was there much effort made to restrain them.