New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-16
Trial for Murder.
ELEVENTH DAY.

IN
owv, .xn TysxiSER-Before Judge I'd
-o,d, snd AID Hart and Foot-1rni o. "1''"' "@'''
=. s, M,Sg ofhs Wgt.. Concluded.
M. case was concluded yesiefoy m hst.W ~ he
rel 49,, ,e,i.wing the testimony and me degree OF
ros,s ~ be attached 10 IL He alluded pafuousfy 20
s,na NJ Wsdlegh, on whose iesnmony loe eelsnoe
Dsl on - raog eoptended that he was shown 10 be mis-
Pso Z, .oue very important pone sno ufgeo us st ne
SIGH be 10 others &c pr T., snd on he evening Of The
HSs, MI, general conduct &c; lie s.uea 70 me tesu
Of Dr. Earle TO which Or wilson sac ne 10 so
MY ...sng hst nothing hsd been proved mat could
w .oo.snt authorize the idea Of hereditary insanly'
~ ssesrsg his belief that the act wa, The result OF oe
x' utgsop spoke for about an hour and sbali pre-
s,i.e - arguments IN powerful manner. me july,
se'os,, 100 10 be much affected Of hem TO teas
s.K ses.s was tslen after which the proceedings
were % hen charged The Jury This said the Judge,
IRE ,r.gsdies Ia real life that makes ruh stronger
80 fcuop and whenever case OF lne hho presents IL
az co~,t and Jury they called upon 10 wonder
se. 70 70, 80 ae,soos o the human mind, and its iIfu
IT, ~ he cnnduct Of men, aud others with whom they
In his case ind finale IN The prime
-. ~ mid And emile manners, OF appearance repre-
s,s3 a. scnstng but Who for years propsoy has leo
bic Of pcdgsey who ,sd one snc,op ~ c'i,s
-. hss I'd one youth OF respectable connections 10 com
- . breach Of trust ihose IN whose employment ne
~. snd YOU find her sferward leading the same Kind Of
= .,5 6,aving another youth into a marriage without
,.<,ning him az who and that she you hnd her
~, 90 broken down by her OF life not able
% I, tbs no.npg from her bed without the aid Of stim
,p and all this ending 10 her own destruction These
,hpgs sdmorsh all 10 be ware how hey yield TO tempa
10, she mas gone = sudden and bloody grave. One
- nose 70 whom she attached 10 fugitive from his
,o,pify- another u before you.
These considerations are not TO be overlooked because
s. N the hr things lie 10 understand the motive which
fgepeed this deed In seeking that motive you must 9os
,,l y the life which he has led and the life which hss
son led bv his vicsntO whether that motive would
sle him responsible the circumstances under whch
be psced unsettled his reason and rendered MS 'acs
he cogu tsn said that the killing admitted the ques
uon for the jury decide is whether at the very ne on
committing IT, The prisoner was insane OF nv
xss influenced by design whether bis troubles had rem
dsted him insane They must tke into view the various
Circumstances Of the case hs past he, education ana as
sotsiiops 10 see whether be would be likely TO comnt
sns an All 10 order 70 rd himself Of what he supposed 10
be gfievsnoe-hs temperament and hsDs-" helhei ne
would be likely 70 wnosisnd .De eurt.' =, sian
II hereditary insanity, Of apparently insane acs musl De
weighed II the Jury coosder he had been dersnged AZ
s,y previous time but had lucid interval, and during
~ interval be took the life OF deceased he - responsible
but The former insanity being settled N the minds OF the
Jay they weigh the suddenness with which might
sSsp burst forth and exhibit itself in acts Of violence
The change which science and humanity have made In
ns treatment Of lunacs was alluded 70 by the Judge and
OF insanity entertained In our courts also advered
TO- Since my short official course, said the Judge, two
pleas Of the Kind have been sUccessu before me- mat oil
klein and q person west Those individuals are now IN
he Lunaic Asylum, have been for defabe
and every indcaHOn tbat melF INSANITY - OF a
serious character In the Of Klein the Jury were
SPECIALLY empsnelled to try bis sanity the hrs Jury de-
esred thar he was sane but trial was allowed. and
he Jury declared him TO be inssne. He sent TO the
Lunsuc Asylum Tits nearly two years and his in
sanity gves evidence Of permanent aud hopeless Kind and
rh probable he will remain for life al the Asylum.
10 relation the prisoner al the bar the Jury consider
iasf be when the act committed they VIII
bring general verdict OF guilty, # they think other
whe they will verdict of not guilty by reason OF
insanity when he will be sent by the Court 10 the Lunauc
Asylum.
The Jury retired little after | o'clock About half
peat 2 Judge Edmsnds ordered the courtroom to be
cleared and given up to the Jury for their deliberations
which was accordingly done, the Jury being brought
FROM their room Between and o'clock they gave
nonce that they had ssreed-the Court reassembled
and while the silence Of death perysded the vast multi
multitude assembled the Jury pronounced the fatal yer
des OF GUILTY. The prisoner appeared to De con
s'dsssbly affected and was removed from the court
room He will be brought up for sentence this forenoon
Mr. Webster, it is said will make tour
through the Southern States Immediately after the ad
ousnment Of Congress. lie has had this visit in con
temptation for several years but though urged by his
Trends In various pars has before been able to
fratify their wishes.