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79:. The jury in the second, held in May 1859 in the Fifth District Court, voted unanimously in Morrison's favor. The third trial was held in New Orleans. That jury, unable to reach a unanimous decision, was permitted, with Morrison's consent, to reach a majority verdict (10–2 for her) in January 1862. White's lawyers appealed again, but a fourth trial never took place (the U.S. Army regained control of New Orleans in the
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