The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-24
General Sessions.
Before Recorder Tallmadge, and Aldermen scoes and

MARCH 23JTia for .4b0ifisn.-Ths exciting trial was
resumed this morniHg-when
The DmrRIcr ArToRNEr rose and thus addressed the
May it please the Court, the which to be pre-
scented to your consideration is of very great import
ance not only from the character Of the case ITSELF the
persons in the suit and the crime alleged to have been
committed by the DEFENDANTS but involved nlthe defence
set up for one OF the parties considerations Of cha
that do not ordinarily present themselves to the at
enton of jury of the country In reference therefore
hrst to the offence charged against these deendanand
tello The considerations which will be necessarily pre-
scented in the second branch of the will be perhaps
have been made this occasion will be hereafter
permitted to succeed What is the history Of this case
We find this poor girl the complainant in this in the
Eldridge street PRISON. up to the time of her confinement
there she had resorted to criminal prosec
the Of her wrongs And because she had the te
merity to commence suit at Law against him who had
robbediher of her viruet from her her honorbe
cause she had the hardhood to do that, Madame and
her husband in carrying out the original conrvsnce Of
extending aid to this man Napoleon, had this civil suit
commenced against her. knowing shat she was poor.
without friends-and that an oraer to hold to bail
and by that means compel the discontinuance Of this
civil suit This suit is commenced against her when
her brother absent from the city OF New York
when friends capable of becoming bail for her
were within her reach Thus she was incarceratsd
in the Edrdge prison But from the prison her
voice was heard She had right send for of the
public officers, whose official duty made it important and
necessary that prosecution Of this kind should be
menced. There then. from that prison she the keep
err to me; went to see her and as found her then find
grla full Of simplicity as she appears to have been full Of
truth listened to the story Of her wrongs which she
that history the gentleman thought proper to comment
and that called attention and pronounced ton the
beginning to its termination will be for yos gentle.
men, pronounce upon the truth Of this history after
examination Of the corroborave evidence which has been
introduced do not propose to follow the gentleman who
has preceded in this through all the wanderngs
world Nor DO intend to stop to examine ali the various
cases which he has presented shall attempt to
the ooquy and reproach which the counsel thought
n W an ind
had come into this courtroom and heard him displaying
his eioqusncs against ss the ahhe wetne of
gentleman believed that there such thing nven.
tive genus-ns such thing as power to do i'll in man And
the counsel also gave OF his expsrencehis
personal experience and in business He has related
cases Of his clients and amongst other instances Of
with being the fathers Of black Children, and that
struck him with such horror because his client had
But the argument had no application to this case II the
gentleman will 80 south Of the Potomac he will fad white
men perfectly willing to be fathers of black children II
matter of taste and it may have been matter of
with this gentlemans client and when asked him
whether the had been reported he said that
not-he his own reporter and so is every who
endeavors to carry his by his assertions
nation such facts presented by Individual
interested in Withholding the truth He did tell you
the because he loves his mother(A augh) Ye: be
has found another to whom he was willing to join
his fortunes for better worseupOn whose bosom he
could repose his head in security and peace-on whose
trusting and everahnl heart he could take consolation
nope the OF adversely full
Of success And will that gentleman tell me that he can
90 far any in love and admiration of the when
arguments every thing. is to the contrary am very
thankful that he has found woman whom he could
love am glad that he was not reduced to such depo-
full Of his deserted and unfrended turned
round to his prime minister an ola man s ct eighty and
love glad respects memory Si'i'
sustain him, simply because she had given him
could not account for the testimony of ths girthat he
could not account for her conducthat he could not
dure. It said that this girl came here and has
featured this story, that she was determined to be
g these women-and being a woman-a woman, &C
l. cording to the gentleman capable of doing any thing
effect. Whence the motives for such conduct? Men and
women do not do any thing without motive. Whilst tn,
= ents a woman-aye and woman will show ca
pabe of concocng and executing thing effect he
sican- shield herself against the just Judgment Of
honest and impartial jury And another OF the defendants
seen and these shall byandby examine and expose
Butwhere the motive to actuate this poor girl TO nure tn,
after he had abandoned her-never until after she in
in the Edridge street prison. had she any
tive for revenge And did she then exhibit any desire
OF her woes and wrongs Had she gone to make com
plant against these persons Had she complained o
came in part and parcel Of the transaction. Notht
whole conduct Of this girl showed that she had
never discovered the slightest desire Of revenge -
The Jurywould remember that the girl Zulma
her civil snit long before Madame Gueal became her
and had her incareerated He would call their
tention to this fact in particular, as 1t would show the
animous of the conspiracy II Madame Guetal had
: why, he would ask had she not commenced her sui,
long beforel The object was pslpabe 20 any enquiring
mind and in relation to the motive of the proceeding
against the fiendess and lonely girl he had to remark
was explained by the same circumstance and long
alter the civil suit was commenced the complaint
made indictment followed fearful ordeal
girl had to pass through would be recolected by the
Jury that on her examination she was taken up by two
counsel and she made mistake in the OF
. her long and difficult examination. Her ingenious
of truth and he would ask the Jury whether God had
marked on her countenance the very index truth
part of his duty call the attention Of the Jury
statement and he would call upon them
upon with equal candor and equal weight such had
r marked her statement As he had remarked before HI
found her in Court what he had found her in prison.
the of his long professional experience in tina
Court, he had to deal with any in which h.
more undoubted confidence. It had been remarked b,
Counsel the opposite side that discrepancies appeared
her dinner on the Sunday and next they had bee,
treated commentaries TO her wishing to
preserve the evidences OF her guilt in bottle il the learn
I'd counsel chose to make that fact evidence Of her
want of morality he had only to call the learned COUNSEL
attention TO case not FAR distant which was in their reco
lection--in which man who had murdered his mo
Their had actually slept that night in the same bed The
ever did not prove that reckesness OF character which
apparent the face OF it, for the conscience
stricken ana IN relation 10 the poor grIs desire TO con
the evidences of her guilt in bottle her object had
to be able to taunt her seducer in the OF his
olatng his solemn engagemsnthis deliberate promise OF
marriage with this evidence Of his innny because his
fien1ess client had done this indeed, the learned counsel
at the opposite side called upon them Che jury to b.
evs her statement II would nv recollected the cautious
wecontrved plan Of her seducer to hide every clue
guilt in his interview befors the motherhe that had rob
bed her Of her daughterand that daughter OF every thing
that make woman valuable her honor--her virtue
His client had been contradcted in what other respect
Was in relation to her having made cement
meet Mr. Day Ithat part OF the learned state
ment was correct, II was just Of piece with the
There contradictions forsooth by which the
counsel would expect the jury to discred her
hat OF her stating she had taken but of those
Ties instead Of six this another of the great
acts on which they had relied at tho opposite side
Next how had they been able prove that she wanted
procure abortion In relation part Of the case he