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`` You must be unanimous . '' The jury again retired , the judge and counsel went off to dine at the hotel , and almost all the public trooped out . Two hours later , as the jury did not return , Reuben Whitney was taken back to the jail , and the court closed . At nine o'clock in the morning , a warder entered . `` The jury have come back into the court , '' he said . `` They are going to return a verdict . '' Reuben was again placed in the dock .