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       In The Nature of A Compromise
   DIR By: HowBrown1953
       Date: October 7, 2026, 6:57 am
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       New York Tribune
       July 4, 1891
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       The verdict in the "Frenchy" case is in the nature of a
       compromise. The chain of circumstantial evidence against him was
       exceedingly strong, and resisted all the assaults made upon it
       in behalf of the accused. His own testimony was confused and
       contradictory, and did nothing to help his case. The natural
       reluctance of twelve men to condemn a fellow-being to death on
       circumstantial evidence doubtless was a large factor in bringing
       about a verdict of murder in the second degree, which carries
       with it a sentence of life imprisonment. The presumption that
       the Algerian was guilty of a deliberate and most atrocious
       murder was strong indeed; but in the absence of clear and
       positive proof connecting him with the crime the jury are not to
       be blamed for rendering a milder verdict than would seem to have
       been called for
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