Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-28

out that the prisoner by a wiful act killed fl.
deceased. IT cannot then be pretended out ub,.
il was a cool and deliberate murder: mr. Ca
then be pretended hat such would be ors :,
those cases where a man under the Influence :,
sudden passion or excitement. or in the abssn,,
Of his rational powers. did that which it was n0,
his intention to have done. If guilt a,,ache, ~
the prisoner at ALL it is guilt IN its most od;or.
features; it is guilt the Offspring Of arrangement,
preconcsrted, deeply reflected on, and secret,
and surely matured.
shall now give YOU an outline Of the prom;
nent facts of this case, without DETAILING M;
nutely the evidence with which We purpo,s ;,
lay before YOU, and which will be Sufficient. n.
think, to fix upon your minds satisfactory con,
,iction Of the prisoners guilt.
The deceased. Sarah Maria Cornell. was fop,d
dead on the morning OF Friday. the 2lst Deem.
Der. about the hour of nine. When discovered
she was banging at a stake between FIVE and sir
feet high, near stack OF hay on the prem.s
Of Mr. John Durfey. distant about three quarsn
of mile from the compact village Of F,D
River At five O'Clock the previou. evening, h.
had left her home in health and spirits. At II,
time she was found, there were various other e,
M.
justment on the neck. which subsequently led 70
the suppositon that the act was not the &C! off,.
deceased; that it could not have been COMMITTED
without some aid or assistance; that from &e,e.
~ position of the cord and the manner Which
was fastened. she could not have adjusted il Eer
self-that her death must have been prDducedb By
suffncatlon and strangng, and that some Der,
son must have carried her to the stake and must
| there have bound her. We shall Show that.
when found. her cloak was fast to her PERSON.
that her hands were inside her CLOAK. we
arm vas hanging loosely by her side, aud Ne
other bent up against Der brcast,-and there
were bruises about the body which must have
been made BY hands other than her avn. We
shall, show from the condition aud situation Of hef
! hair that violence must have been used BY anu.
! ther-and that by The situation of her oumb lb,l
she mus, have struggled with some one else. Il
we prove these facts. think We shall satisfy ya
! that her death aas the result Of violence aud that
! it could not have been prodn' ed by her Oan act
! Expecting to establish til, point, and lO"S'ng
to il as starting place, the material question IS
I by uhom was the act committed! IL, having e.
] tab,ished the point alluded to, we can shewa pr:
yious intimacy OF long standing between The de-
ceased and the prisoner. and such an one aston
ducp the prisoner to COMMIT this act or some act
similar TO it. then. without further 'nSes''sa'l"r
we furnish a pfObable cause to show That Tie Pl'
soper is the man But we do not STOP here. !
am warranted in saving that the present Is I"
strong case of circumstantlai evidence ano pre-
sumptive proof as was ever submitted 10 lne con-
sideration Of a jury II We can show that The
nrisoner. with this previous Involvement, can be
so traced as to lead to the belief that he nl.N
have done This act, then We nave adnl r"a 'e'
son fo. saving that there was probable cause
shew that he did it. IL 1t turns out ana "
will turn OUT that IN the 2Oth Vi Deeemoe' ''',
cold and wintry day,-so cold that tie ooY
the deceased. when found, "as frozen'-'he p'
soner. without reason or excuse, aud "hNo', 'm
partinc his intention TO his neighbours OF us 'd"r
iy. left home, and was absent whole nls''' HG
tat the reasons which he subsequently, as's''U
for his absence were not the rea causes. gu SUI
as we're Inconsistent with the nature "' W"-'
and ia themselves paIPab'y absuru'-n ", "'
him from Bristol at two O'Clock Oh 'he -"
/ december. down to the place where JOIN w
Curry lives, thence to How lands ferry or !"
Stone Bri,ise,-,hence past Lawton's las
thsrc, AZ mr. 50 rod, abo, e, on the road Il IA NJ
,er.-thenoe o, err wall and out OF the NAN 'O''
- to the village 50 called. thence 10 a ,ec'u"'o
near he Stack and Stack yard we ca" w." ct
him back again and land hlm at Jrre"'''
ford's house about the hour ui ten the sa"ie '',
NJ, and IT, in addition to this, Ne 'ah s''
denoe Of violence, arising from Inc S'''
which were heard, ue submit very s'f0Dg %.
To shcw ,ha, mr. death was produced oy '"'.s,