NO FOREIGN JURY TO TRY ACCUSED
The New Jersey supreme court denied Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a jury from outside the county to try the four defendants indicted in the murder case, so they will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found. Simpson said he was greatly surprised but did not criticize the court, called the Somerset county jury a serious handicap, and announced he would apply for separate trials before any trial date is set, adding that the crowded October calendar made him doubt the case would come before the court until later.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, refused jurors from outside the county, says his next step is to ask that the four defendants be tried separately.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)—Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a foreign jury to try the four defendants indicted in connection with the Halls-Mills murders was denied late yesterday afternoon by the supreme court.
As a result of the decision, the defendants will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found.
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)— Informed of the denial of his plea for a foreign jury to try the Hall-Mills case, Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson last night announced that his next move would be an application for the severance of the trials of the four defendants.
The October calendar in Somerset county was crowded, he said, and he doubted if the case would be brought before the court until October 17.
Trial by a jury of citizens drawn from Somerset county will be a "serious handicap" in the opinion of Mr. Simpson. The supreme court was not to be criticized, Mr. Simpson declared, but he expressed great surprise at the denial of his application. Trial date will not be set until he had secured permission to try the defendants separately, he said.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NO FOREIGN JURY TO TRY ACCUSED
The New Jersey supreme court denied Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a jury from outside the county to try the four defendants indicted in the murder case, so they will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found. Simpson said he was greatly surprised but did not criticize the court, called the Somerset county jury a serious handicap, and announced he would apply for separate trials before any trial date is set, adding that the crowded October calendar made him doubt the case would come before the court until later.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, refused jurors from outside the county, says his next step is to ask that the four defendants be tried separately.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)—Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a foreign jury to try the four defendants indicted in connection with the Halls-Mills murders was denied late yesterday afternoon by the supreme court.
As a result of the decision, the defendants will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found.
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)— Informed of the denial of his plea for a foreign jury to try the Hall-Mills case, Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson last night announced that his next move would be an application for the severance of the trials of the four defendants.
The October calendar in Somerset county was crowded, he said, and he doubted if the case would be brought before the court until October 17.
Trial by a jury of citizens drawn from Somerset county will be a "serious handicap" in the opinion of Mr. Simpson. The supreme court was not to be criticized, Mr. Simpson declared, but he expressed great surprise at the denial of his application. Trial date will not be set until he had secured permission to try the defendants separately, he said.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NO FOREIGN JURY TO TRY ACCUSED
The New Jersey supreme court denied Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a jury from outside the county to try the four defendants indicted in the murder case, so they will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found. Simpson said he was greatly surprised but did not criticize the court, called the Somerset county jury a serious handicap, and announced he would apply for separate trials before any trial date is set, adding that the crowded October calendar made him doubt the case would come before the court until later.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, refused jurors from outside the county, says his next step is to ask that the four defendants be tried separately.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)—Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a foreign jury to try the four defendants indicted in connection with the Halls-Mills murders was denied late yesterday afternoon by the supreme court.
As a result of the decision, the defendants will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found.
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)— Informed of the denial of his plea for a foreign jury to try the Hall-Mills case, Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson last night announced that his next move would be an application for the severance of the trials of the four defendants.
The October calendar in Somerset county was crowded, he said, and he doubted if the case would be brought before the court until October 17.
Trial by a jury of citizens drawn from Somerset county will be a "serious handicap" in the opinion of Mr. Simpson. The supreme court was not to be criticized, Mr. Simpson declared, but he expressed great surprise at the denial of his application. Trial date will not be set until he had secured permission to try the defendants separately, he said.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NO FOREIGN JURY TO TRY ACCUSED
The New Jersey supreme court denied Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a jury from outside the county to try the four defendants indicted in the murder case, so they will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found. Simpson said he was greatly surprised but did not criticize the court, called the Somerset county jury a serious handicap, and announced he would apply for separate trials before any trial date is set, adding that the crowded October calendar made him doubt the case would come before the court until later.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, refused jurors from outside the county, says his next step is to ask that the four defendants be tried separately.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)—Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a foreign jury to try the four defendants indicted in connection with the Halls-Mills murders was denied late yesterday afternoon by the supreme court.
As a result of the decision, the defendants will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found.
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)— Informed of the denial of his plea for a foreign jury to try the Hall-Mills case, Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson last night announced that his next move would be an application for the severance of the trials of the four defendants.
The October calendar in Somerset county was crowded, he said, and he doubted if the case would be brought before the court until October 17.
Trial by a jury of citizens drawn from Somerset county will be a "serious handicap" in the opinion of Mr. Simpson. The supreme court was not to be criticized, Mr. Simpson declared, but he expressed great surprise at the denial of his application. Trial date will not be set until he had secured permission to try the defendants separately, he said.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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NO FOREIGN JURY TO TRY ACCUSED
The New Jersey supreme court denied Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a jury from outside the county to try the four defendants indicted in the murder case, so they will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found. Simpson said he was greatly surprised but did not criticize the court, called the Somerset county jury a serious handicap, and announced he would apply for separate trials before any trial date is set, adding that the crowded October calendar made him doubt the case would come before the court until later.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, refused jurors from outside the county, says his next step is to ask that the four defendants be tried separately.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)—Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson's request for a foreign jury to try the four defendants indicted in connection with the Halls-Mills murders was denied late yesterday afternoon by the supreme court.
As a result of the decision, the defendants will be tried before a jury drawn in Somerset county, where the indictments were found.
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 25 (AP)— Informed of the denial of his plea for a foreign jury to try the Hall-Mills case, Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson last night announced that his next move would be an application for the severance of the trials of the four defendants.
The October calendar in Somerset county was crowded, he said, and he doubted if the case would be brought before the court until October 17.
Trial by a jury of citizens drawn from Somerset county will be a "serious handicap" in the opinion of Mr. Simpson. The supreme court was not to be criticized, Mr. Simpson declared, but he expressed great surprise at the denial of his application. Trial date will not be set until he had secured permission to try the defendants separately, he said.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from New Britain Herald, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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