Litchfield enquirer., 1852-02-26

John coks, Esq,, ~ eninsnt lawyer.
was nsEt called and sworn.
Al. Gen.--Mr. Coke. viii you be 90
,ood A 70 tell this court what ron know
81 The prisoner. and Of the crimes and
m;s,Iemeanors Of which he is accused
Wit-WsIl, sir. in general must say
"a o,her. witnesses have said, know rot
.nv. good Of him. The things charged
= ne indictr,snt are all true. and II
necessary I can depose to the allegations
Of each and every count.
Al. Gsn.--T suppose. Mr.. Coke, that
Il will be necessary, as the counsel Tor
a.. defence will hardly We wiling to
admit general testimony without spesih-
Wi,.--Well, sir, viii take the counts
in their order. If you will permit me to
refer 10 the indictment to enable me to
AZ, Gen There will be no objection.
VIII In regard to the FIRST count
fben: 4 know The prisoner Alcohol. TO
h swindlsr Of the worst description.
There are multitude ofinstances in which
by misrepreseusing himself, his business
and his qualifications to others, he hns
;nduced the N by means Of forgery and
,.imost every species of false Pretence' to
defraud honest men Of their money and
nropsrty in order to squander 1t upon
him / can EARTHQUAKES many c9sss II
his counsel desire it.
IN. Ap.-lt is unnecessary at present.
IV;t--As 10 the second count know
al. - be- true. for all Of my class in
college, which was large, only enc be-
.ides myself has escaped his seductlon''
Tho est were led by him to the tavern,
.h., dam shop, the gaming table. the
,bs,tre the brothel, and the grave. and
sllthis in early life. Some OF them we'e
..annr men Of good families, and Of dis
iinguished talent The last ons dled put y
a few months since. poor miserable
on.cast. a grief to his friends and dis
s,r.ca = h;s country. The third count
,r~s for as an officer Of justice | have
sasin and again been called upon to a.
ind al such places, either to keep the
neace or TO investigate some oreach Oh II
and can solemnly declare that ! never
al saw horse race, or any thing Of
~. Where he was not present. and IN
80 cases out Of ten be instigated some
~, hsfore he left the ground. Ny pa
.s. .;ll show hundreds of cases Of
,Pps pa and batteries, attempts 70 klI'
breaches Of the peace, &C. Gc' = such
nl.cas which have come before me si!h-
r. a y ;,s,ice OF attorney, and lave IL"
xa,;abIv found the prisoner at the bottom
IF The whole. / have minute Of mere
than a hundred such cases which have
tried in less than year. 1he tonr'n
coun,--I have seen many instances OF
Il. truth. Very many females have
80 h.fore me and entered complaint
sra;rs. their husbands for neglect and
,sSnss And never has such case come
ss s me- but on investigation l found
l. arus. as was aliedged, that the neglect
.nd abrss was caused by the instigations
Of The prisoner. and that he was gene,
rallv il mot always. present, aiding and
sbsttinr. The fifth charged have been
~os' $780,, a. = GREAT number of examines
tionS in eases OF suIo'ue' "''~
has appeared N testimony, inc person
va. - habits of constant intercourse
w;,b III. accused, and instiyated by him
70 The commission Of the deed. will
mas. tn The seventh count. have often
seen hm operating, and sucse,s'u''y
to pursuade masters and pilots o. steam
boats and others to neglect their duty.
and even to run foul OF ether vessels
Sometimes lave seen him put helms
man asleep until it was too late 10 rave
shin from striking On breakes. Many
such crimes he has comm,.teo !" ~
pats Of the world. myself have wit
messed several, lit is necessary can
be equally minute with the other counts
Of the bill. i. :.
An Gen.-I shall not insist upon it,
hut | wish you to specify in regard 70
The one concerning murders in which The
accused u charged rs being an Access
sary. A..
most ;ndubitable evidences under oath, or
bv the admission Of the criminals them
ssiyes. / was district attorney many
wears. and in the time ] tried twenty-five
indictments for murder, and IN every
ons the prisoner was proved or admitted
20 have been present and instigating to
the crime. | was also present when the
three Thayers were tried at Buffalo for
the murder Of Love, and they were pro-
we'd to have been associate. Of The p'iso-
Nor. Holt, who was executed at the
same place for the murder Of MS WIFE, :,
Kent The accused as boarder. and under
his immediate and direct instigation com"
mitted the crime. It's my settled op'n'
ION. founded on experience and long OBJ
sersation, that Of all the murders com
.ai.ted yearly in the United States. nine
,y.uins 10 one hundrsd are under the in.
stiga.ions Of the prisoner Alcohol. and
k-h..l "a as.;st anca 1 will say