The trial finishes with a few more witnesses for both sides, and concludes with the closing statements and reiteration of arguments. The jury of twelve men had one person who sympathized with Belknap and Jephson, and who was against Mason politically. This man was a druggist and held out for Clyde's innocence until the other eleven members threatened to expose his vote and ruin his business. The jury decides and delivers the verdict to a packed courtroom: "Guilty in the first degree." As Jephson has told Clyde that he will probably be granted a new trial, Clyde does not necessarily believe that he.....
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