Demoine courier., 1855-10-11

lists; said TO be pt aduced from disabling
the seed Of the wiIt cherry tree. tlfwas
a poison more powerful then any oshe,
known, and deprived Of life 20 inrfedia
tely az 10 leave no marks Of suffering,
and no con,orlions Of The features. ii 4
But then, the question. was by whom
was il administraiedl Ome circumstance,
u small one, indeed, and vet upon !.
might hang a l,orrid tale, was tina, the
stopper Of d small bottle Of a very Elm
gnIar description had been found in the
prisoners house. The stopper had been
examined, and said by medical mon, to
have belonged to a German vial. o .
tanning the kind of poison which he des-
cribed. Bat, then, was that poison ad
uninsured by Smith or at bss insiiea
ton! Who were the prisoners family!
|, consisted only Of hins,lf, a honse.
keeper, and one man servant. The man.
servant, slept in an ou.-housc, adjoining
the stable, and did so on the night Of
'Thnmpson's death. The prisoner slrp:
ia one end Of the house, and the house,
Keeper al the other. aad The deceased had
been 7u, in a room adjoining the house
knepei's.
Il would be proved, tina, abou, three
hours after midnight. on the night at
Thompson's death, a light had beea seen
moving aboutille house, and that a figure
holding the hight was seen TO go from
the room in which the prisoner slept to
The houst Keepers room; the lighs nov
disaI. pcared for a minute, when tive per
sons were seen, bu, whether they we,si
mo Thompson's o The wisness could
moi sw ear. bat shortly a ter, they were
observed TO pass qst,e through The entry
10 Smiths room, into which they enter
ed, and in about five minutes the lighi
was tx,inguished.
The witness would further tate, that
after The person had returned with the
ligh. into Smiths room, and before il
was exiinguished, he had twice perceiv-
ed some dark object to Intervene between
he light and the window. almos, as
large as the surface oil the window, itself.
aud which he described by saying il ap.
prared as II a door had been placed be-.
fore HE light. Now. in Smiths y
,here was nothing that couid for
this appearances; his bed was in 4 diff
ieren, part; and there was aellher cup
board nor press in the room, which, bu,
for the bed was entirely empty. the
room in which he dressed beng al, a
di,tance hey ond Il.
The council for the prosecution here
concluded what he had to say. During
his address Smith appeared not 10 be
Nagi.a,ed or dis,ressed,-and equally ah.
moved was he while The witness testified
in substance wha, The opening speech oil
the counsel led the court and the jury
to expect. asN inl asa
Lord Mansfield now addressed the ju.
ry. lie said that in his opinion the
evidence was no, sufaci. nj 10 condemn
the prisoner, aud tina, if The jury agreed
with him in opinion, he would discharge
him. Without leaving their seats, they
sgreed tina. the evidence was no, .Ltli.
Client. m n axQs
Atihis moment, when they were u
bout 10 reader a verdict Of acqnital, the.
prisoner rose and addressed Tie court
He said that be had been accused OF a
foul crime aud ,he jury had said there
was mol suilicien; evidence TO coEdemn
him. Did The jury mean to say there
was any evidence against hin! Mas
hes TO 90 eutsof cour, with suspicious
resting upon him, after oil!
n This he was unwilling ~ do. Tie
was an innocent mat. AID il the Judge
wosld grant him The o%ppcrianily sbe'
would prove it,. lie would cali the
housskssper. " ha would confirm . sta,s.
NEE, which he would new make.issg
Tho honsekeeper had moi appeared in
court. She had concealed herself. or
had heeu by Smith. This VAS coa~i-
Gered q dssk sgn before flim. Blu, he
hiaself now offered 70 bring her io1ward
and stated as the reason, moi that Ne Was
mol willing that she should testify but,
knuwinglhe excitement, he Was fearful
.ha, she wprld be bribel TO give iesilnso
ny contrary 10 the fact. But he was,
now ready 10 relate all The circumstances
.ha, he knew; she might lien be csNed
and examined, III her testimony does
not confirm my story, les me be con
demnsd.
The request Of the prisoner appeared
reasonable and Lord Mansfield, contrary
10 his usual practice grained il. /
The prisoner wen IN with his state
men.. lie said lie visited 10 go out, Of.
the cour, relieved from the suspicions
which were resting upon him. As to
The Soison by means OF which the s,fan
ger was said TO have died, he kne "
%nei.ler The. name Of il nor even the ex-
|%is,cncs OF il, until made known by con-
usel. lie could call God 10 wisness the
truth Of whal he said.
And then as to Mr.. Thompson, he
was a perfect stranger 10 HIM. How
should he know what articles Of value he
had! He did no, know. II he hpd such
articles a. Hull. he nigh. have left them
on The road, OF what was more probable.
have otherwise disposed Of them. And
if he dieG by means Of the fatal drug. he
musthave administered il himself
He begged The jury I o remember that
his premises had been repeatedly and
minu,ely searched, aud no, the o ri
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