New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13
WHOLE NO. 367.

nd ,.frtcne,s; and VIC were sure that this same
,r.r ,,,.,'t b.. exhibited on the trial o, the guilty
/ r.r.o. whoever he might D.. The prosecution
lad expec,.d TIA, tse same mean, used in the per-
r.tr,rion Of the crime would ba present, giving
lie. and brc,,h and force TO all the proceedings
nn tho trial. that circumstances when 'honl" nave
immense weight with Iury woWld start up al inc
/ .,,rlr nj Perjury foot. Mr. Holman 'aid the
learned and rio-urut counsel VINO hsd lust oi"'eu
li,te Knew the character ct a Ncw-i orr JURY II IL
th,u-br IL necessary To express fear that because
'hcy we're stranger, here they would not be re-
ccircl with the same courtesy and the same comb
dcnce A. If they had lived among ~. Mr.. IL, only
farrd thu, in the Of their courtesy and their
hospitality licy would strain poh, To crown
,pern with victor, ard binI their brows with the
wrath Of triuu,ph: lut hc entreatcd them To sec
., II thai tire character ot their own STATE was
mn, forgotten and the oath o, Juror placed beneaih
their feet The co.r1.cl have pleaded that the
prisoner i 700 poor too dcsoIarc to employ means
af defence. Let thi- array OF counsel answer "
tl, bc true and let The jury LAY whether the nope
at recovering So hat they have had stolen from them
+ 81 - tho prosecution. a stronger motive man Inc
hp-c u rc.aiu.nC possession ot the immense sum
found upon him NJ the time ct In. arrc>t-irom
. which this array at counsel would be hbcrn'y
pad.
+ Mr.. II. reminded Ire Jury oi ils rune VI ihN
. tblt n, testimony to mpcsch the character at
rr,.oner until the doftucc have opened the doorb by
J tnseav.rin- 10 prove that character good. The
4,f,,rc, have, not done this Mr.. II ha,ardcd 1T
ri m .a,n, tint their jHigemcut told them not TO
oil Much mon, satisfactory would It have been
/ I'D show bN pr00t what was tho character ara
Standing ot the prisoner than 10 speak ot hls msh
alliance. his Ill Gun he'd connections. his descent
tr,n the limo of Morsan> Why did they not de-
his He h,. acauainianccs every whcrc-has let
,crs from the highest nen IN the land-ha' been
Introduced hy the Texan cmba-sidor. t'en Hunt
and ha, had acquastincc with others "i III" hign
20, Standing Why was not onc of these pr-duced'
.,r AZ least WHY Was not single deposition taken
~ show " hat wa, his character The counsel tor
Tho defence knew the necessity Of showing tlns. tor
he was particular in opening to state thar up to the
"a Of October hi, character bad been good
agree with the counsel who last addressed
,ou-that YOU are n't To presume forgery unle,s
.lnIl be- necessary AID also that direct trst-
mony j. TO nike precedence of mere matters ot
inference. And upon this shall the matter rest
forthwith. one single exception IT have read II
Alright there l. not particle OF proof that nl,l-
,ofc. for "a moment. with the evidence Tor
rb,, pro.ccurion-thoueh ntcrcnccs there are IN
Vulnerable
On the lgth OF July some rcr-on whoever be-
was. found himself at JONES Hotel wthou, re-
.,ur.c. Something must be done to meet hs
/ .>pep.e. He write, a letter Ia Maunsel W hite
/ 4 Co. wishing To know for various purposes who
! ms New ork c.pondents are-signing II Hugh
/ :. Hill Thi. letter ia answered and the sigma
tnr. Of Maun,cl. White 4 Go. j, thus obtained by
! Hugh : HILL whoever he Now was ii. ;
Hill real name or an assumed name IL h1'
not been assumed That he was a real man; tor the
/ mnment the signature - obtained and the name ct
| trown Brothers & Co.. as the correspondents oi
| Maun.ri White 4 Co.. this man disappears, and
II the whole matter had rested here we must have
supposed that fraud was Intended. Now what
appeal. next, John F. Caldwell--with the same
ail.ion. 10 the cotton and other great spccula
mons. The plans of this man, whoever he -
were evidently founded upon the same basis a.
those of Hill. The speculation was evidently the
same Hill disappears. in his place arrives John
| T. Caldwell. The fraud of Caldwell was plainly
TO be pcrpetrated upon the signature obtained 10y
Hill and IT Edward. had never been arrested yos.
every one of YOU, would have believed that those
/ two men were one and the same and these facts
amply prove 1t.
Al tpis time-defore any fraudulent act had
/ been committeeman the same caution was nece--
.qry A. soon became When The Hugh >. I'M
,.tter wa. written at Jones. flotel-ior it bear
uD>f-fUtfN bf
miftcI that Monroe Edwards there. The OF
ter was written on the oh Of July--H. ). iirl'
name +. not found on the books OF that Hotel I'LL
IN. l2tn Now the similarity ia hand-wrlung-ihe
rrmark. able coincidence intimes and places, and
th. .til more remarkable coincidence IN the sln-
/ ,rilar spelling at the word fer in the letters ct
/ II : I'LL Of John =. Caldwell and Of Monroe
/ FdwardS-i. a most suspicious CIRCUMSTANCE
7 against the innocence OF the prisoner. MIR HON.
mas, bcre ,roceeded 10 = consideration of the te-
,imony in thi. cause. With regard tn the lmpu-
t,tion, that had been cast upon the motives o the
,yitne..e. for the prosecutions he would only "a.
/ that hs thought il hard II party deirauied a"i
/ hi. friend. could no, make all possible cxerton' To
discover the perpetrator Of the fraud lie asked
/ only one thng-that the witnesses -h0ud pe pre-
,umcd % bee honest. ,ud that then the means oil
: testing therc,,d ence should be- strictly applied
II had been SD that all our witnesses are agreed
in REGARD 10 iden,,v and that this i the most an.
! certain Of sll testimony But identity j.. essential
+ in every criminal trial and ii Jury disregard the
tr.fi louy which r. ate, - idcntliy-thc courts "i
/ i,.trc may al once Le abandoned. in every cause
there must Lc testimony a, To- IDENTITY and II must
. b.. allowed weight. Mr.. Hoffman then proceeded
+ 20 examine At some length the testimony ot each
/ rituc., "a. 20 the identity of Edwards. He dwet
particularv upon tn TACT that thr bas-~hich
+ Han.on testified he gave to Caldwell-coniaining
/ gold paid on one o. these draits-was found ~ the
trunk OF Edwards, lie doe, not swear that It Is
the identical bag he gave him. sc Perlured wit
re.s would have done-but he .avs II was one OF
/ Johnson 4 Lee. bags. and he knows that he gave
+ Caldwell one OF those bags
1t the defence have proved that Edward, Wa
not in Baltimore on The 3l,t Of August, nor IN
+ Richmond on the I'd Of September. then he Is NOT
I the man and h. ca.e i. one Of the most rersara-
/ able on record Now Mr.. Hoffman contended
that there wa, not a particle OF proof Ia contra