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The Verdict
At 2:47 P.M., on Saturday, January 21, 1950, after twenty-three hours and forty minutes, the jury returned to the courtroom. The clerk called the jurors' names. Then the clerk asked the forelady, Mrs. Alan Condell, "Have you agreed on your verdict?"
"Yes, we have," she answered.
Hiss's face showed no sign of emotion. Neither did his wife's. He touched her folded hands with his right hand and for a second a smile crossed his face. His wife smiled back.
"How say you?" asked the clerk.
"We find the defendant guilty on the first count and guilty on the second count."
The reporters rushed for the door; the spectators talked among themselves. The judge
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