Eventually the jury returned into court at a quarter past five o’clock.
THE VERDICT
The Judge.—“I have received a communication from you to the effect that you are unable to arrive at an agreement. Now, is there anything you desire to ask me in reference to the case?”
The Foreman.—“I have put that question to my fellow-jurymen, my lord, and I do not think there is any doubt that we cannot agree upon three of the questions.”
The Judge.—“I find from the entry which you have written against the various subdivisions of No. 1 that you cannot agree as to any of those subdivisions?”
The Foreman.—“That is so, my lord.”
The Judge.—“Is there no prospect of an agreement if you retire to your room?”
The Judge.—“You have not been inconvenienced; I ordered what you required, and there is no prospect that, with a little more deliberation, you may come to an agreement as to some of them?”
The Foreman.—“My fellow-jurymen say there is no possibility.”