Litchfield enquirer., 1835-08-27

commenced 10eEu0y of last week beSof ike Superior Court now sitting in this viIIage-r rssess Judgss Williams and Wait. The following the oamet q Ihs jarOrs empannelled fOF she parpOse: 7u1i 3aSE,4hs l.elos ts Eaa
 W@. c. Sterling, eI Moses Cook, Jr. ,t;esg
 Leman ". Caller. Hezekiah Goodwin.
 Giles H. Bass, ,s+iad Thaddeus G. Kellogg,
 Edwerd Hickcox,l 4 s Iorain Percival,
 John Manehester, = John H. Neuieion. lT
 Lot Norton, Jr.z a yss kuman Oviait a
 The taking of testimony occupied the time of the Court from the opening on Tuesday atternooD until Thursday night nt 1C o'clock, there being each dSy thTee sessons and the Court remaining in session least twelve hoare per day. Friday was devoted to the arguments of counsel. George c. Woodrsif Esq. first addressed e jury in speech of about two hours and half the para of tue proseca,onhe was (ol- lowed by O. s. Seymour, Esq. fps alout two hours on Ihe partof ihe heGencethen followed Truman Smith, EsQ. O a speech Of about four hours length o0 the same side-Leman Church, Esq. stnte's aito'y, made she concluding argument, and spoke about two hours -aT of them spoken o as being very able. It be. ing ai the conclusion of Mir. Church's speech past g in the evening, Judge WiIliams charge the jnry, which was then given, rather brief-noi occupy. eng more than ffieen or twenty minuies He however ree"p,na,e the principal paris of hes.es,imoDy and gave 10 ,he jury hs opison npoS ihe poinis of law neeersary understanding of the case. He remarked, a concluding, that f the jury should come ioabe conclusion that ihe prisoner not guilty of murder within ahe meaning of the statute. and that opinion should te groonded spon the belief that he insane at the time ofihe commission oftli hon- eide, they would upon being ques,io"ed ny the Cour: Gsy so. The jury then took the into considers- tiohsan the next morning, shortly after the opening of the Court, returned verdict of ]" NOT cULTY."4 The Court then inquired # the verdict was founded upon the belief of the isany of the prisoner, ila, he Killed the child there is no doub to which the jury replied ha, it The Cour, then ordered the prisoner to lie ren,anded and to be confned in the county gaoi during he period o his insanity So that h in the course of month or so council of pysicians should be of the opinion that he is not nsane do not see but that nEOn ahe mandate of the Judge lie masi again i,e turned Ioose upon community. ,ss .
 Rai,eo dnring the whole lime of the trial remained ia the criminal box--mosi of he time with ,is head aud eyes "clining saiownwards--apparently unmoved ny sarouRdine circuu,sances and appearing to take very liuie notice of the persons who giving in their sesmnny- onailya smes rather ghasi- y sInile, playing apon his eoansenahce. When re- quested rise to hear inc serdirt of tiejury pronnD ced he did readily, aud fhised lis han-noi the slightest renior of his muscles oI,served-he stood calmly and firmly un,si told o resume he seat.
 A large number of witnesses attended from Fairfield county. as well as from New Preston, who were mined ae ,a the insanity of Rabelo. Most of those with whom he lad lived the longest land 10 mind among the most intelligent, except the rhysicians,) of the opinion that he oiinsane, but thai he in rather melancholy and dtjecied saie of mind, exceedingly irasch'e and subject 10 sudden bursts passion when he either imagined himself iO be insalied, and would at such times seize upon the
 first weapon within his reach wreak vengeance up- on those who iesniied l,sn. Alofih Witnesses. we believe without exception, for at any rate with few excep,ions who testified ali upon the subject, ,ied tas he al all times answered whatever guessions were propconicd to hn twhen he aDswersd at alil
 rational and intelligent manaer-naay ofise Wisnes ses ,eslying that i,e was uneommoniy intelligent Tbere was something however exceedingly nnysieri- about his conduct. Whenever he has been disco tered in place, hs was rss ionsd lettering about grave yards or places very unusual for ra,ioaa: man
 appeared be giving people any trouble h. bou, hn. or iisst accepting ofany fasor-and when- ever he ,arried at house, he finally ie t for some slight or trivial or imagised offence. The history of this singular indvidual could it be obiaiaed, wosd undoubtedly be highly interesting. There is so Iosi', tha, lie has heen well educated. and bred u move in refined circles of soeeiy. He speaks three four living languages writes well, and very beautiful peoman. For some cause (which hewil not disclose further than ha, he had difficulty wi,I his family and fiends) he Ief his native place in the island of Ma. deira about seven years ago--weni from lhence to Brazil, where he was employed for Eve years in tak- ing charge Of m English libraryshence went again 10 hisaave home. whence he was driven, az he says by his friends and embarked for the United Siaies
 He landed tPhiiadeiphia bat what his cosrse was. or what his business, uni he reached Norwalk, and 50 sp to Trumsli and Weslea exeep that he says he s.aid six weeks in New-Y York,l we have sos learnt.
 It should he remarked, ihas Drs. Fuller and Brig. ham, boah believe of ihe Ipsane Retreat as art- ford, attended the trial witnesses. who. together wt good many physicians from various parts of this county, testified tha, Judging from hs coHdact as de- tailed by other witnesses, RabeilO iasane or that he Iabored under species oi insanisy called mcaca- nia This opiaion was founded apon the circumstance priaeipaiy of hs being extremely sensitive when- ever any one trod spon touched s soes. upos hia frequently insisUg in Fairfield eOan,y twhsss he was warned out of town several ,imes iha, he was follow ed by ,ormen,ors upon hs frequeniing grave yards aad other soli,ary paees and in his indifference 'o personal comfort and the s:ase of his heai,h. -f.a