New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13

H,,v,. Brothers & Co. This fact il rot ,uscep
,ibi og proof-it IL Io' impo. sible-it j. not i'm
nrohsble that il should have been aid on TIE desk
or thai 1t should have been dropped on the floor OF
the Pc,t-Otice, and then picked up and sent ID
Brosr Brothers x Go.
Tho finding Of types and stamps in the trunks
Of Edwards-thcir exact resemblance 10 the letter
and marks on the back OF TIE New orleans 'et,''
the iacstha, ns cio,i,c. had been Tioduced WIN
these marks upon thcrn Ga. the defence sa'o 1"
va. for this purpose they were u-ed) ana IN" ''''
thai the circular stamp htiod ne let'I ''"n'
were all nrsed a. Char evidence against INC pr
oner The circumstances OF ms arrc,t-ue ''''
b,, b.. .sLcd nothing of the cause Of his arrest
yvhc, taken into custody by Recorder ' auX--ihdi
he .aid nothing Of II al all until gong 10 M, onc'
,,bcn he asked il il the Texas forgery i"r
,,.bicb no was ARE .trd. also urged.
la concluding Mr. Hoffman said he did not be-
love M. Edw5ris would suffer much for being
tried 5y strangers: ard he must say that h, highy
admired the Judgement Of hs counsel in M open
ioc the door Tor the examination Of M characfI.-
With rcgtrd to tn" money he showed MD
Phillips Mr.. II asked il he could. being an Noh-
-, man. settle the 100000 on her, when II was
the money entrusted to his care by his dearfrehd
Charles r. Johnson. IL was not his TO settle upo"
her and the mere Offer 10 do So show" tiat ne hdd
violated the confidence rcposed IN INN lie never
bad that money To settle upon her utiil after the
3l.t of August, and the girl had been mistaken OF
imposed upon IN this matter by her lover.
Such. gentlemen, IS the proof We submit. We
care not for any particular part OF it; We do not
say that this establishes his guiltor that the other
does so but tell YOU to put both together and
if a single doub; remains On your minds. The
counsel for the defence have told yoi. tina, We dca
wholly in conjectures and suspicious. We tell you
that we point to facts they tell you that the,
are all merely suspicious 50 it is suspicion; but
gentlemen, who can find the hclfef dead and lhe
butcher by with his knife and not suspect how >hp
came to her dea,h.--Mr Hoffman made some clo
quent remarks OIL the necessity OF rejecting al
passion and prejudice from their minds in deciding
the merits OF this case. The facts that person.
connected with the suit were wealthy, should b..
allowed no weight. These things ought not to b,
brought into view at all The same justice should
be administered to class a. to another and h.
adlured those whom he addrcs scd 10 hold the scale.
OF even handed Justice.
Mr.. CRIrrE>DgN next addressed the Jury IA \
speech OF considerable lengii--fpr sketch q!
winch we .ave no room. The principal point he
urged was this. The testimony of Miss Phillip
which is sckuo Sedced to be unimpea liable. make,
i, certain that Edwards was at Philadelphia on The
30th OF August, after dinner. Now he might have
been at Baltimore in the morning in that casc
Int h. must az the meantime hare gone IL Ai>.r-
andrta whither these drofis rcrt sent on III,
28h, taken hem from The post cfice, and re-
f"rHsd 10 Baltimore IN time TO present them m
c0riy banking hOurs: anil his p0S iupossiti,
50 that suponl testimony acknow ed by the prose
cution 10 be good, Edwards could not have been
the forgcr Mr. Critenden's speech was charac-
i i. 4 4
quence. and beauty Of language. He was follow
ed by the District Attorney. He replied to the
principal point of Mr.. Criucuden. by urgisg that
Edwards might be At Baltimore hav. me, an &C
complete and received from him the drafts. MI
Whiting spoke until about II o'clock, when som'
members Of the jury grew exceedingly querulOu-
and inpatient, and the court adjourned