| 127THE SHEEDY CASE
Argument closed and the Jury returns a verdict of acquittal.
After three weeks of unparalleled interest and excitement, this celebrated case has reached its present close. Eight lawyers addressed the jury each occupying three hours. Eminent counsel were employed on both sides. the defense was ably reprenented by Jesse B. Strode, J. F. Philpot, Billingsley & Woodward, and Judge Weir of Idaho, the latter being employed by the relatives of Mrs. Sheedy. County Attorney N. Z. Suel was Assisted by E. M. Lambertson and F. M. Hall.
The most picturesque feature of the forensic contest was the battle between Lambertson and Strode, in which both displayed ability and eloquence of the highest order.
Judge Field instructed the Jury at great length sud with the utmost. precision and fairness. The points of special importance were that the Jury should, after taking into consideration all the circumstances as to how it was obtained, attach just such importance to MoFarland's confession as they saw fit. It should go for what It was worth. And it could not apply to Mrs. Sheedy at all. In the matter of the immediate cause of death, It was not necessary for the state to prove the kind and quantity of poison that might have administered.
The jury retired for deliberation just before six o'clock Thursday evening, in charge of Bailiff W. B. Taylor. During the last day of the trial, the courtroom was crowded far beyond its seating capacity.
Three hundred ladies are estimated to be have been standing at once on Thursday for want of seats. As many men were sitting for want of manners.
No objection was made by either side to the charge of Judge Field, which was admittedly a very able and accurate exposition of the law.
The prosecution has been persistently and zealously assisted by most of the press of the city, which has been manifestly unfair to the prisoners from the day that McFarland was roasted into making hs impossible confession. This has been especially noticeable since the arguments of the attorneys begun,
At 4 o'clock the Jury returned to the courtroom with a verdict of acquittal of both parties.
| 127THE SHEEDY CASE
Argument closed and the Jury returns a verdict of acquittal.
After three weeks of unparalleled interest and excitement, this celebrated case has reached its present close. Eight lawyers addressed the jury each occupying three hours. Eminent counsel were employed on both sides. the defense was ably reprenented by Jesse B. Strode, J. F. Philpot, Billingsley & Woodward, and Judge Weir of Idaho, the latter being employed by the relatives of Mrs. Sheedy. County Attorney N. Z. Suel was Assisted by E. M. Lambertson and F. M. Hall.
The most picturesque feature of the forensic contest was the battle between Lambertson and Strode, in which both displayed ability and eloquence of the highest order.
Judge Field instructed the Jury at great length sud with the utmost. precision and fairness. The points of special importance were that the Jury should, after taking into consideration all the circumstances as to how it was obtained, attach just such importance to MoFarland's confession as they saw fit. It should go for what It was worth. And it could not apply to Mrs. Sheedy at all. In the matter of the immediate cause of death, It was not necessary for the state to prove the kind and quantity of poison that might have administered.
The jury retired for deliberation just before six o'clock Thursday evening, in charge of Bailiff W. B. Taylor. During the last day of the trial, the courtroom was crowded far beyond its seating capacity.
Three hundred ladies are estimated to be have been standing at once on Thursday for want of seats. As many men were sitting for want of manners.
No objection was made by either side to the charge of Judge Field, which was admittedly a very able and accurate exposition of the law.
The prosecution has been persistently and zealously assisted by most of the press of the city, which has been manifestly unfair to the prisoners from the day that McFarland was roasted into making hs impossible confession. This has been especially noticeable since the arguments of the attorneys begun,
At 4 o'clock the Jury returned to the courtroom with a verdict of acquittal of both parties.
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