A judge said Thursday he would ask jurors entering their 11th full day of deliberations whether they have reached a verdict on any count in the trial over the handling of Brooke Astor's fortune.
If so, Justice A. Kirke Bartley, presiding over the five-month Manhattan criminal trial, said he would ask them what that verdict is _ and then send them back for more deliberations.
"It's my inclination to take those verdicts, if there are any verdicts, today," the judge said. He said he planned to speak to the jurors after lunch.
The late socialite's son, Anthony Marshall, and estate lawyer Francis Morrissey are accused of looting her nearly …
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