“Hold up your right hand, Mr. Foreman; look upon the prisoner. Prisoner, look upon the foreman. What say you, Mr. Foreman, is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty?”
Ripley’s voice was like a croak as he spoke the one word. “Guilty.”
“Guilty of murder?” Worthington went on.
“Murder,” Ripley answered him.
“In the first degree?”
“In the first degree.”
While the impact of the verdict was still in transit, Worthington rapidly repeated the formula for Vanzetti.
“What say you, Mr. Foreman; is Bartolomeo Vanzetti guilty or not guilty of murder?”
“Guilty,” Ripley croaked again.
“In the first degree, upon each indictment?”