Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-05-23


extremely difficult and painful my position
il. u has been declar d in the advance
that Alarsaud is a wretch, an assassin
Yes, they have condemned him before
hand-and where are the proofs Of his
guilt
"Msrsaud has kept his word until the
last moment. lie has been betrayed by
those who are endcavoring to throw upon
him ell the responsibility Of their own acts.
Marsaud has not told the truth but be-
fore his Judges.
at is a painful task which devolves up
on me. Never was there more heavy
accusation; and what do you see here for
the foundations Of conviction IA child
and an old man All the accused ought
to have been presented here, and the truly
guilty selected from among them u; for
there were three men, hideOus in this affair,
Gordon whose name alone expresses the
idea of assassination, Audrezrt Lagar-
dere what horrible triumyirate f! How
could Marsaud have resisted such men,
when he had been declared to be wretch
and an ndolcnt fellow
In a warm, er tempors debate NJ. Dein
discusses afterwards, :he testimony given
against his client. lie does not think the
depositions entitled to credit, which, to him
appear to have been previously concerted.
lie presents Marsaud as having yielded to
the terror which they had inspired into
him. The bloody hand Of the assassin was
always pressing upon his shoulder. Baily
and Raymond have combined for Mar
saud's destruction, and what faith can be
gwen to the declaration OF a child of 10
years, who, according to the Vice-Consul
has lied thousand times and behold this
is the principal witness of the accusation
he lied at Newport, he lied again to day
lie has repeated one lesson son. one re-
marked this IN hearing him give his ,es,i-
iinny I; does il not seem To- you that he is
telling lis heads
The counsel for the defendant cxclaims
with force against uniform depositions,
when The witnesses do not offer all the gar
antics desirable, when among them are
found The c0-aLCascd or accnmpliccs. 1t is
necessary to repeat often the testimony horne
by II sios gle witness in order to establish n
charge against nn unfortunate mnn. Ii l.
in consequence "f This error, that The JOUR
pal LImoricain has represented Mnrsnud
ms alone gully.
VI. Dein depIorrs The fatality which at-
inches itself To his client, and deprivrs IIia'
of the means of proving his innocence.
One witness has refused te come to declare
the truth in jas,ice, aud he would speak for
the discharge of Mnrsnud. One other wit
ness, aud one alone remains, it is AdeIcine
Adelcine who is entered, too young, into
this way, will not say of debnuchery, but
Of voluptwousness, it IL true, but you have
no right OF that account, Ia rrproach this
witness, and to treat her with that severity,
with that contempt; accompanied almost
with imprecaiions, for she has gwen IN her
testimony under onib.
The Counsel for the Offence, after n long
disxnssion IN whici, hc endeavors To show
that Marsaud has performed hut Il passiv.
part in The drama of the Alexandra, cOnclu-
de'l f"r his aeqniral.
Permission is given to NJ. Thomas, coun-
sci for Raymond.
BeholJ i, is the fifth day, (says hey
since horrible drama has been developing
before you, after having run thrsus h divers
phases of instruction at Bordeaux and Bresi,
il has resolved itself aud terminated in a
single word death In the name of So
ci-iy the death of Raymond is demanded
IN the naine of the " ick edness, of the hatred,
of the Vengeance ,f ,iarsnud, The head of
Raymond is demanded. have then to re-
pei double attack, n double accUsaiion.-
Our two adversarics have on their part force
and eloquence ] have for myself the con-
sciousn-ss of dsty, aud The profound con-
vic,ion of the ianocence of Raymond your
indulgence must do the rest, aud my task
will be fulfilled"
Alter this debut, Nj. Thomas enters into
the subject.
lie establishes il IN the first place, that
for Raymond to tr guilty of piracy, nccor-
ding to the terms of the law Of the lth of
April 1875, it is necessary that he himself
should have employed fraud or whence to-
wards tn. captain or G0mmdnl0nf, and that
hr himself should have run away with the
ship. But it is proved even to the last ev-
idcnce, III 1t Raymond did not participate
ia the murder Of Captain Dubois, that he is
not guilty "f any violence towards him, aud
TINT he did not run away with the ship.
Afterwards discussing succcssivcly the nc
cu.ation Of Marsaud aud that of the prosecu-
ting officer, he repels with energy the quail
ificnlion of chief "f the complot so unjus'ly
bestowed upon Raymond, draws parallel
between The two prisoners, which in his o.
pinion clearly mnnifesls The active influence
Of the one aud the nullity of the other, on
board of the Alexandra. lie demands Of
the seven drowned bodies, the names Of the
true assassins, and he finds in their respon-
ses the justification OF the Innocence of
Raymond afterwards he discusses one Ivy
one, and comba,s with force all the charges
brought against him rs principal in the ac-
cusation. This pretended chief of the coin
plot, this young noriee of 10 years, what has
he done then to bring down upon him the
punishment of death! lie has made use
Of n weapon that lie might have the appear
nnce of doing something. Ought he rot t,
have feared the fate of his friend Dosset 3
Is il from him that Dosset demanded pity
it is no, and every hsdy knows it. Dosse