The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-28
In the Circuit Superior Court of Rockbridge
County.
JuDcx LUCAS P. THOMPSON, Presiding.
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NINTH DAY.

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NINTH DAY,
SATURDAY. April o2d.
robert l.. Doyle, at Ia O. clock this MORN
ing, continued the argument on behaIf of tha
prisoner He appealed in most feeling man
ner to the Jury, warning them to exclude from
the,r minds all preconceived notions of the
guilt OF the prisoner and to confne their con-
sideration to the legal evidence in the case
and to remember that he was but a youth, and
stranger here, without friends. That rn-
mors had gone abroad condemnine the pr;son.
er before thefaets of the case had been heard
and before he had had trial. And here re-
venge ehadpurchasedw with base lucre the seryi-
ces OF an advocate to pursue the prisoner to his
death Gold had been given to purchase the
blood of the prisoner. and the funds of the
irlends OF the deceased, and the W NJ I. had
been appropriated here to purchase this Young
mans blood. Mr.. NJ. showed from his decla.
rations that he should not have been here.
and if he had known the motives ofthose who
employed him, he never would have been
here. There had been no attempt made to
impeach the charcter of B., and he had been
imposed upon under this pretext, to come into
this case. Those who employed him were ac-
tuated by no other motive than fell spirit of
revenge. Mr. M. had, like a politician, seve-
raj times explained his position here He, al
though faithful and able, always looked on
his own side OF a cause. and pursued it to
the utmost extent, without seeing anything
on the opposite side. would not be employ.
ed to assist to prosecute prisoner for the
wealth of Golconda's s mines The court could
appoint counsel to prosecute or to assist the
prosecution, but the court would not employ
a man to prosecute who had in his pocket
| fee from the avenger of blood, or from the
next of kin to him who was slain The courts
| repudiate the doctrine of private vengeance.
This doctrine of private vengeance is also
repudiated by the divine law-it is there said
| that Vengeance rs mine" Under the Mosaic
! dispensation there were cities of refuge where
| the murderer remained until he could have
| a fair trial.
If BIS parents have, as learn they have,
the proper christian spirit, they would not
wish the prisoner offered up as sacrifice to
the remains of their departed son. Mr.. NJ,
thus hired by the friends of the deceased,
could not help but be biased in favor of those
who employed him, and he could not occupy
that impartial position that the law intended
a prosecutor should occupy. He has several
| times, during his argument, reminded the Ju-
| ry that If they have a doubt in relation to the
| guilt of the prisoner, they should acquit him.
Mr.. M. insisted that all the statements of b.
| in relation to this controversy were true, and
that all of those of G. were false. He insisted
| that G.. must be treated as man of bad cha
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that it is crime in C., upon few days ac-
| quaintance to talk of being in love with Miss
| A, and thati was a crying sin even to wish
| to walk with her to church, and that it was in
| delicate to ask her reasons when she broke
| her engagement to go with him to church,
| These positions of course cannot be sustain
| ed. His note to her was respectful, and sta
ted that if she had acted from her own whim
| the matter should end here. Mr. d. here
| read the note and commented upon it at
large, and interpreted it as meaning no hos
| tile purpose, but as merely stating to Miss
| A. that he could disabuse her mind and "the
| acorId" of any idea that his character was
not good. The slanderer is the worst of all
enemies, and :" his venom outvenoms all the
| worms of the Nile, and in, some cases there
| is no other remedy against him but q Bowie
knife or pistol and although the avengers 8
| course is not to be altogether justified by
| the laws, yet public opinion justities it, and
| the juries of the country never inhict punish
| ment ON the offender. 3t-a
| Property of all kinds is protected by the laws,
but there is character of greater value than all pro
perty, which is left without any legal protection
4 that can be made available. And If any one come
| into Court of Justice to demand damages for his
lost character he is hooted at and every one tells
him that he should have killed the elanderer and
| afterwards those same persons are fouud among
| the crowd demanding that the murderer should be
1 condemned TO death, or an Infamous Furnishing, for
| doing that which they themselves would have done
| B. had injured c. character by his communication
| to Miss A., when he might have easily known that
c. was man of good character, and that his asso-
Citations were those of gentleman. Having thus in
| jured c., B. comes up with two other large stout
Cadets to tell G. in courteous manner" that he
| was his {" calumn;ator" Taking c. along into a
narrow passage of the hotel while the two other
c. dsts stood onthe outside, and there when c. W
| not expecting any such thing, and when he was
| without any friend at hand, makes his insulting
| communication to him. c. told him that he would
"see him again, &C. was man of mild and gentle
disposition and slow to take offence. b. then boast
| ed that he had trumphed over c.. and even sent
word to Miss A., that he had taken some notice OF
/ the matter. sf-s f=,
| Mr. D. then commented at large upon the evi.
| dence, and the circumstances proved showing the
| killing, and the mitigating circumstances under
which it was done. He read the law showing the
degrees Of murder and also the rights of 'tself-de
fence,s and ali the rules clicumstantiat evi-
| dence, showing that the Cnmrnonw ca tn must
| prove that the prisoner is criminally guiltysto
moral certainty, and actually exclude every other
hypothesis exceptthe guilt of the prisoner and that
the defence were not bound to clear up any of the
| Inconsistencies of the Commonwealth evidence.
| have given but a very slight sketch of Mr.
Doyle's very able and argumentatiye speech taking
| up 5 12 hours. He went into full review of the
| evidence which has been published in the papers,
| and which it Is unnecessary to detail. Mr. Doyle
handled il ably, and drew out every circumstance
that was favorable to the prisoner.
| t.#i 80 t<f-1E u MoNDAy, April oath, 1854.
| The Bench was crowded this morning at
an early hour with ladies who had assembled
| to hear the argument of Charles l.. Mosby,