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Chapter XLVIII

           Unlessthedefendantintendedatthetimehereceivedthecheckfraudulentlytoappropriateithecouldnotbeconvictedevenonthefirstcount.Theverdictofthejurydoesnotestablishthisfact;theevidencedoesnotshowconclusivelythatitcouldbeestablished;andthesamejury,uponthreeothercounts,foundthedefendantguiltywithoutthesemblanceofshadowofevidence.Howcanwesaythattheirconclusionsuponthefirstcountareunerringwhentheysopalpablyerredontheothercounts?Itistheopinionoftheminoritythattheverdictofthejuryincharginglarcenyonthefirstcountisnotvalid,andthatthatverdictshouldbesetasideandanewtrialgranted."

           JudgeRafalsky,ameditativeandyetpracticalmanofJewishextractionbutpeculiarlyAmericanappearance,feltcalledupontowriteathirdopinionwhichshouldespeciallyreflecthisowncogitationandbeacriticismonthemajorityaswellasaslightvariationfromandadditiontothepointsonwhichheagreedwithJudgeMarvin.Itwasaknottyquestion,this,ofCowperwood’sguilt,and,asidefromthepoliticalnecessityofconvictinghim,nowherewasitmoreclearlyshownthaninthesevaryingopinionsofthesuperiorcourt.

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