The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1852-05-26

oil what denomination were The billst'
"Five hundred dollars, in tens and
twenties."
"Did ahy communication accompany
the money, and if so, what was il"
"a few lines merely. was directed
in the subpoena to bring it into COURT
This paper is the one"
Its contents were as follows
August 20, ls-.
DEAR SrR:-Ploase apply the accom-.
panying five hundred dollars towards The
satisfaction of The mortgage or your farm,
and oblige one interested in you aud -
Yours"
Question, by the District Attorney: ais
that your daughters hand writing!"
81 cannot say positively; it is not her
ordinary hand"
"Do you think it is her hand dis
guised!"
81 can conceive no reason why she
should disguise her hand to me-"
"Answer the question, and do not CON-
ment upon or evade it,"
The old man really supposed that the
money had come from her, and consequent
ly, as the writing bore some faint re-
semblance 10 hers, he made up his mind
on its reception that it was his daughters.
There was a a struggle in his breast at the
repetition of the question. lie cast an i'm.
ploring look upon the unrelenting ques.
toner, and then turned his eyes slowly
and sorrowIully upon his daughters face.
He suppressed his emotions, however,
in a moment, and then answered slowly
and disticlly-
al should call the writing hers"
"What bank were the bills upon?"
The counsel for the defence objected 10
this question on the ground that the bills
themselves should be produced in court as
the best evidence on that point, but the
prosecution removed the objection by
proving that the bills had passed through
several hands since and had finally been
taken westby a droyer to purchase cattle
and that it was impossible 10 procure
them.
81 cannot recollect the bank"
"Was it the Globe Bank of Boston!"
The counsel for the defece again inter.
posed, and objected to the question on The
ground that ii was a leading question Of
the most Objectionable character, and put
TOO, by the examining party 10 his own
witness. The court overruled the objec-
ton, and suspended the general rule on
the ground that the witness, though no
doubt honest, was from the very nature of
the case, and by reason of his connection
with the prisoner, an unwilling witness
The old man cast another imploring look
upon the District Attorney, but he disre-
garded the silent appeal, as it was his duty
10 do, and pressed the witness for an an
swer.
81 cannot swear positively, but | think
that was the bank" replied the witness.
"You say, then, that you have no doubt
they were upon the Globe Bank!"
"Oh, no! no! | did not say that-l
cannot positively say, but | think they
were! would moi perjure myself to save
my child"
The old man buried his face in his hands
and wept bitterly; and many an eye in
that crowded court room was moist in
sympathy with the fathers distress. The
prosecution here rested their case.
Counsellor NJ. in behalf of the priso.
ner, addressed the jury briefly in opening
the defence. lie said that az 10 The com.
mission of the crime by some one, there
was no doubt. That a chain of circum.
stances, partly accidental, and partly re.
sulting from a coincidence of independent
events, highly proper and commenable in
themselves, and which he trusted he should
be able satisfactorily 10 explsin, connected
with a deep laid scheme of fraud and
villainy, involving in another not only the
crime here charged upon an innocent and
unt Tending girl, whose character up To
this time had been above reproach, but al.
SO The deeper and more damning crimes
of conspiracy and perjury most FOUL
That he trusted with the aid of facts with.
in the knowledge of the defence, and Of
unimpeachable evidence which lie should
be able to produce facts, moi only to ex-
plain away all evidence on the part of the
prosecution. that was made against The pris.
oner, and 10 set her character in all its pris.
tine purity before all men, but also 10 fix
the double guilt beyond all doubt upon the
real party. That ii he should succeed as
he ANTICIPATED, in shielding a really limo.
cent person from the mistaken yengence
of offended justice, it was all the reward
he asked; and he trusted in God and in
the righteousness of the cause in which
he was engaged, 10 be able TO show the
character Of the accused as pure and spot.
less as the MONDAY sun in Heaven.
There was a brealhless stiffness through.
out the court house during the progress o.
these remarks. The confident manner in
which they were uttered, in face of lesli
mony SO astounding, which had carrie.
conviction to almost every mind oil the
prisoners guilt, awakened a redoubled in
t%eresi; and caused a painful idea in The
minds of the more rejecting, that possibly
in the silent working of their own thoughts
they had condemned the prisoner loc
soon.
The gentleman who had held the mort
gage was the first witness called BY the
defence. He came into the court room q
few moments before with the drover Ia
whom he had paid the money, accompa,
MED by William Johnson, who, it nov
came out, had been 10 seek him in Ohio
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