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There will have to be a new trial of the case against the Tobacco Trust,
the jury having been discharged by the court.

We told you, in reference to the _Laurada_ trial, that it was necessary
for all the twelve jurymen to agree before a verdict could be secured.

When a trial is finished and the case is given to the jury, the jurymen
in the charge of the sheriff are locked up in the jury-room and kept
there until they arrive at a decision or the judge dismisses them.

When the jurors arrive in their own room, a ballot is taken, and if the
vote is not unanimous they begin a regular discussion of the case. A
foreman of the jury is chosen at the beginning of the trial, and serves
as chairman of the jury while the case is in their hands.

After he thinks the matter has been well weighed, the foreman asks the
jurymen if they are ready to vote. Another ballot is then taken, each
man registering his opinion.

The foreman counts the votes.

If the jury is not all of the same way of thinking, the matter is again
discussed and a new ballot taken.

In the Tobacco Trust trial the jury was "out," as it is called,
twenty-one hours. During that time forty ballots were taken, ten of the
jury voting "guilty" and two "not guilty."