The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-05-27

ell 10 lts drsfins'ior ny Na9ip u Was
deposited il wss inpassahie to tell.
The next wknea same was Miller.
lie Was emp,oyed ~ second foremsn
sy ii,r cor,crs,i~s--ksl - rrp,a,'on
Tor ,o~ rasn,nr. end vas universally
ii iiked. lie Was lsn Who, it W.,
.saufaIly bci,cesA, would saci iiicv
friendship and Aes,os for his onn ad
ssoeenaeni. and Who had slosn bin.
self, ia more instances than one. ,indie
i've @.d re,ens.ai a she last decree. -
IL was knoxs ~ ss4nl<scc 10 a fe~
that he ~as = s.jccs1 sutton Il Miss
Kendall, aid iLst hs had sworn 10 Lc
rv,engs,l Ga her ---,isaa il any other man
ever made hsr h,s vic Il should Only
be afier she had been d. srnced forever
II was also whi.pcred ,hn, he had late
~ bee. paying rpssApd attention 10
Julia Mason, WIN aa sworn to the
iindius cf the envelope. Miller tes,i.
fled that on the afleSuooa the larceny
va. committed. no was passing ac.oss
the yard near the ollcr thu, 10 SAW
the clerk coms oss, ~ in n few no.
ruents Afier. The priapaer likewise tina,
on seeing him she sspreared coniuses'
aud thrust something into The bosom Of
her dress Ii.ai he sheaghl nothing OF
il at the time. nor NTH xAer the theft
had been made pull aud Mis. Ken.
dali MAS srrsaDsd.
F-s-<3sa-AEr-stestl y y -, ~
The stand. I've old man came forward
with fahering step. Although he
Eel, in bis own soul that his daugl,e,
WAS innocent Of any crime hc feared
that his own testimony would seal her
fate. After being sworn. the District
Attorney inquired Did you. Oh or
ahou, the 10th day of August last, re.
ceive n package Of money by express
from ,h,s city,; Answer. i did
How much money did it contain. and
Of what denomination were The bills.
Five hundred dollars. in iwenies, -
Did any communication accompany il
few lines merely. was directed in
in the subpoena to bring it into court
This paper is the one Its contents
were as follows:
Aug. 90, l3-
DEAR Sir; Please apply the ac.
companying Ave hundred dollars tow
ards the satisfaction If the mortgage on
your farm, and oblige one interested in
you and
Yours
! Question, by the District Attorney
Is that your daughters hand writing !?
Il cannot say positively it is not he,
ordi nary hand DO You think it is
her hand disguised : Il can con
ccive no reason why she should disguise
her hand 10 me- Answer the uucs
ton and do not comment upon or cvnd,
it,
The old man really supposed that The
money had come from her, and conse.
quently, as the writing bore some fam
resemblance to hers, he had made W
his mind on lis reception that il was hi,
daughters There was struggle iR hi.
breast at tue repetition Of the question
lie cast an imploring look upon the un
relenting ques,ioncr, and then turned
his eyes slowly and sorrow fully upon hi.
daughters flee. lie suppressed hi,
emotion, however, in a moment, and
then answered slowly and distinctly
! should call the writing hers VIVA,
bark were the bills upon The coun.
Sc! for the defense objected to this ques
t'oA on the ground that the bill. them.
selves should be- produced in court as
the best evidence Oh that point but the
prosecution removed the objection b,
proving that the bill, had passed through
several hands since, and had final,
been taken west by drover to pur
chase cattle, and that it was impossibl,
TO procure them. Answer. canno,
recollect the bank Was it the Globe
Bank, of Boston 2 The counsel for the
defense again interposed, and objected
TO the question on the ground that il
was a leading question of the most Oh
Jectionable character, and put to by
the examining party 10 his own wit
ness. The court overrulcd the objec
ton, and suspended the general rule, o.,
the ground that the witness, though nc
doubt honest, was from the very nature
of the case, and by reason of his con
nection with the prisoner, m unwilling
witness. The old man cas-. another
imploring look upon the District A,tor,
ney, but he disregarded the siIen, ap,
peal, as it was his duty TO do, and pres.
sed the witness for an answer
i cannot swear positively, bu,
! think that was the bauk,' replied
the witness. You say, then, that YOU
have no doubt they were upon the
Globe bank : Oh, no no | did no,
say that--l cannot positively say, bu,
think they were would no, periure
myself to save my child
The old man buried lis face in hi,
hands and wept bitterly; and many al.
eye in that crowded room was moist in
sympathy with tho fathers distress
The prosecution here rested their case.
Counsellor III, in behalf of the
prisoner, addressed the jury briefly in
opening the defense. He said that n,
10 the commission Of he crime by some
one, there could be no doubt. That a
Cham OF circumstances, parity acciden-
tai, aud partly resulting from a coiuci.
. dehcc of independent events, highly
proper and commendabIc in them Ives,