Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-12-18
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1upsrgn iieat75iatrs aisT,ssus
sIt.F Of reasons nanecessaryI
Il A,Idid mt write tteybulastI
and I sdppSss, I. /, lad, your
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sident,c FLLMoRM sif3ystiidf %liy,|
yat,s.unte excellent dtelihiehs:
6uffcieHtlS cqml,rehegsiHesin sitsle-
/tails, and Yet Distinguished. f6rbresityl
4 and Concise in itsdSefyheGdtnmenda
ititn,tit ,cninots fiilnt0iBe fidnnDu by
mses5'ofall Pa5tiss.s% ' i .,@ a' ..as i ola.
-sasWell, Congress is7in session again,
tanditisto he hoped flat, he, present
! will be a,eorkiag session, antlirhatlhe
Interests of the country wil1he more
a matter of regard by our Inv; makers
than their own individual far,es and
forlunesgl The. & dear people'' have
sdone,inaone day the work they tried
TODD allsof last session, NJ, elected, .
President, SO that theyecanino@idis.
miss this great responsibility, 1thataso
-cramped'theirs ergiss, and attend %
matters ncarsr within the range Of
! .theTilegitimate dutiesJssThis'is what
thecaantry looks for e y, Z - 10 n,s.s3 ID
The Trial Of David Jewell fr,lie
smurtler ofo SamneliiMhchell,t aii the
= 9Th of July last, haslihttracted large
crowds authe iGourtof Oyer and Ter;
miner during tRet Past, week. LEVEL
young man ofttwenty-fve years.
aud ihasna wife and one child: The
counsel in, stiie7 case !wsaerrc-i5r Com
mon@ealth, Dist Att.y.o Flanegin,and
d. d. Bruce; Esq; for The prisoner,
Hon Y. aDalrlli. ie$5Jaaiilgea Shalsr,
and MessTs. Staneonand Umbstaetter.
The prisoner was blydefeHttedS but
the weight OF evidence was too great
against him, and the jury, ,afteraani alb
sence of fifteen minutes, found him
guilty Of mdrdergimthc first degree
He was reman,led 9forasentence, and
the Court adjourned! shl'he Counsel
for the, defence id the course Of trial,
attempted some palliatiNn. sion ,tthe
ground-of- drankeanrss, upon which
+ Judge McG lure charged fIie Jury tas
follows: E ~ 3
y As,to drunkenness, it is time the
Courts should Observation-Disclosures
\ ofta,dcfence dtunkehnessiiss Drunk
4 enness3is mo defence but rather an
\ aggrayation loficrime. Ills well7tliat
(e tits $50, ,toriftlel awwere4 otherwise,
your lifelwould not be worth rush.
Asman kills lis neighbor, andAafter
doing SO, saysssYsl can5prove ! was
drunk. andsso get clear ofthe punish:
mentsduei to my icrime.1 Would not
thisbe aprctty doctrine truly! And,
if carried out, AHA man youd have
toidoswould be tostake brandy TO get
upsome Dutch courage, kill whom he
pleased, land then get clear on q plea
6 Drunkenness, whilss his victims
might rotin ,theirJgrayes. sFa 5
Ellis Honor then read fromgAddi:'
sons Reports that, as drunkenness
browns the ,understap ding)and excites
the passions. it may lower the;grade
Of murder, itod hatofthe second de-
gree. Drunkenness, does not ilicapa-
citate for forming a design for pre-
meditated murder-but oftenihelps it.
1fths design Of killingis formed when
the hand is raised and the weapon
descending on its victim, itiismuider
.-.,ilIthe first degree. Wasitlhis inten.
-tionSto kilt The act isthe criterion.
Here,is the law laid down, by older
andmoreexperiencedhead than mine.
Drunkenness has no;effect ontte ma.
licious intention Of The party,'s sss 5ss
Perhaps | have occupied more space
8 with this matter than viii be interest.
ing to your readers; but i have ,ho't
the charge Of Judge Mcclure SO well
: timesl, and aboundihg in good sense,
that | have introduced il as worthysof
arending anywhere. . Thes,time is
gops by whenthe plea characterization
cal, exhenerate man from the pen-
atty due 70 yiolatedilaw.issaen ii,e.s4
! i see, by the papers, that the Bali
h-more and Ohio Railroad will be COM
n pleted to Wheeling blythe lstlof jan.
uary next. "A train ofscars will leave
Baltimore onthe 31stD Dec, expecting
to arrive at Wheelingby 4so'clock on
New-Year's day. They, will doubt.
less have a ""good time ofit." down at