The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-24

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stanton commended irom authorities In law. that
thla was neither conversion Of money BY ac-
cused to his own use, nor loan, nor an invest
mont in merchandise but deposit, bailment to be
returned when The deposition might demand. In
conclusion, Mr. Stanton made an effective appeal to
the jury for the defence upon the high Of the
prisoner before this AT the age Of nnseen
Caleb j. M'Nulty, who had been an orphan from has
BIRTH crossed the Ohio river into the State where he has
since been SO conspicuous in its political history. He
was poor had but limited education but with high
talents strong confidence ana desire LOT usefulness
couraged, aided and sustained him. and protected him,
step BY STEP to the honors at their command At the
age he assistant clerk in the House Of
the Ohio Legislature; the next year
was clerk othe House. and for the four ceedng
years clerk of the Senate Of which Gov Vance, and
Judge Tod were members at the time He was next
elected twice as member of the House of Representa-
tives OF the State Assembly In December ls43 he
United States. From the day that he drst came into
the state, down to this last and most response
bic appointment, his course was not pursued in
shadow and in darkness, but it was open,
posed, and all his public acts cognizant to the
incorporating upon the principles which he had
poused no man Of his attracted closely the pubic
attention His enemies watched all his movementshis
going out and his coming in-his lying down, and his ri
sing up Public and private, his life revealed as in
the beams of the sunshine and thus far through the try
ing ordeal OF politicians upward career he passed I'M
scathed and untouched Shall this character of the
cnsed for nothing No. gentlemen; will be weighed
in your deliberations aordinga
that the accused could not be guilty ofthe high crime for
which he stands arraigned The learned gentleman adj
verted to the high character of the witnesses
Saturday last Of both political parties and from all
quarters OF the State who had testified to the fair cha
racter Of the prisoner up to this accusation He CON
minded attorney engaged against him. well for toe
impartial jury sitting upon this But was for the
and inlerences of the prosecution were worth
n making W, their decision. Strange are
sion of Congress, two years ago. continued Mr.. s.,
parted with the prisoner at his house in Ohio, young
and girl leaning . his side and her eyes
indicated all the joy, the love- and the happiness of
pure and noble minded woman proud Of the protector
week ago met the prisoner again. He was alone
within the gloomy walls of prison, alone-under
sation of high crime against the laws of the land
could not see his anabe and devoted wife. journey
OF three hundred miles between them. / could
not her tears whsn evening settled upon the val
leys, and when morning broke upon the hils-I could
not learn from her OF the suerngs OF broken heart
which lepghens days of misery into years. and all but
full past She would not know that while her heart
wrung with the agony Of protacted suspense the hus
nal was every day day after day. brought from the walls
Of prison into this Court and night after night trans
his e
the wife of the prisoner the bowed and stricken father
before you.who has stood by the accused in this, his
the child he loves we'll, the glad tidings
that her husband is acquitted by an impartial jury
of his fellow citizens, whether this father of her
child that pledge Of her young and confdng affections,
whether her husband is branded a felon, and the
father of her child convicted Of nfamy that shall fol-
low him to the grave. When you return to your own
homes to receive the caresses OF your own wives and
children and your hearts shall be made glad in their
embraces, you will know the full estimate Of the
liberty Of this prisoner During all this tedious and
harrassing prosecution, the prisoner has borne him
self bravely-the shame from the charges of crime
against him - from the conviction within his
mind that the day of deliverance would finally come,
with the verdc, Of honest and impartial jury
And ! now am assured that the venerable Judge.
presiding at this bar, and the impartial jury sitting upon
this will send the prisoner with clear discharge,
to bear himself the good Intelligence to the child Of his
love- and the vile OF his bosom.
And it being nearly five o'clock, p NJ the Court
adjourned The argument will be resumed to morrow
by Mr. Carlisle the defence and closed by MIR Fen.
dali for the prosecution when the judge will submit his
opinion to the jury and the trial upon this indictment
will be closed. Three other indictments remaining,
which will speedily be settled the prisoner upon this
one is quilted.
We have been compelled to write out this report with
rapid ty and some bunders may have been committed
but nothing, it is believed, material fair view of the
argument upon either side.