The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-05-17
Au extraordinary Grial.
A LAWYERS STORY.


sistra,cs had committed Smith: and singu-
laily enough, Since his COMMUNAL the house
keeper had been missing, nor could any trace
of her hc discovered. Within the last week
| the witness who saw the light had been more
| particularly examined and, in order to re-
fresh his memory, lie had been placed. at
dark, III the very spot where he had stood on
| that night, aid another person was placed
with him. The whole scene, as he had dvs
cribcd it. was acted over again: but it was
utterly impossible from The cause above
mentioned, to ascertain, where the light DIS
appeared whether the parties bad gone into
Thomson room. As il, however. to throw
still deeper mystery over the extraordinary
Transaction. Tie witness persisted in addn.
new feature TO lis former statement, that
after the persons had returned with the light
| into Smiths room, and before il was cAtin.
| guislltd, he had twice perceived gone dark
object to intervene between the light and the
window, almost rs large the surface of the
window itself, and which he dcSnrih Il hv
SAYING, it appeared as fla doo1 had been
placed before the light. Now in Smiths,
room, there was nothing which could account
for this appearance: his bed was in differ
cnt part; and there was neither cupboard nor
press in the room, which, but for the bed,
was entirely empty, the room in which he
| dressed being a. a distance beyond 1t. He
"""'a S'"'e "',iy enc ,aet more lNa'o Tue
learned couracl) and he had done his IHv: it
would then be for tlc jury To do thyirs. Nih-
ina few days there had been found i'll ihc
| prisoner ) house, the stopper ola very Sngu-
/ lar description. 1t was apparently not oi Eng
| li*ll manufacture, and was dc%clIb,d, ~ the
medical mon, as being Of the description
used 10y chemists to preserve those liquids
"h'ch a'e most ''Ne'y 70 rose 'hclr 'ir"fc ny
exposure |" .nr a'r' 10 whom II 'y'"'a"' OF
10 "i."' use II ',"o 'c'' "i'i'''e"' "'t'e WA"
no e' ','c''e ~ S'''M'
0uth was 'he nu"'csS o! 'ile counsel '1F 'h[
prosecutions an" curing us n'''''fE : ha'
""A'o"S'y ""tr''" VIC COUNT .h""'' 81 vac
P''S''ic'' ~! ~, ~" i'i'c'Irn ~ IL M'"l "'ep
"''','''o',' 'e ''', u'u Re'e'Nc va, ,H' )
'""'''' " III man WV c''s'''H' '''','"'' ''"
'"' VIZ" e" '"'',' ~ no """'> NV "'H
''';l"''t"' E'''i', ~ y, rIo'',; lH.S." "'''
MS hp anu '''' ''''c "' '''c discovery ~ ~,
supp q "oN'ouS'. 'No'.'u Il" ':.o',H', "''''
an ,;, ,'' y ny ,,''
H'"'u ! "ceu Ho' ue''ii !'e :,'"e'''' '''''
was S'N''' i'' ''e Fi"''Iuvl'I,' ~ ''''"n''to
III H'''>'"''o' " ma ''on 'he ""'''>'' ","
yea nor was IT wang" u, any paf"c"''r' ne
stopper was lroo''ce"' ana prove" |" DC
'o"'!" III inc inc iouHe' p,'' no "''''l' N"H
mace 10 trace IL 10 INC prisoner poShcS"io''
Or eve" 10 HIS N''o"'e'
!le'' ',ic case was clo$'o' 'i'e 'o"@e' au
a'eSS'hg me cou''Sci i"r t''c pro"eclltl"h' SAiu
ne 'io"Sh' ,i'ele was l'a'uly s"inc''Ht c''-
"e'ce % ca' oio" ''c prisoner '"' III: "o'','c5
anu u inc jury were "' ''ie same oi'''h'n, 'htl
Wo"o at once Stop 'he ,"'e,-. pom ''I'S Oh,
SeF'a,ioh from ''e '"use' uic Jury ,nrh' q
rou''o 'or moment a''o ''.eh i"''h'a e' 'ht!'
@cp"ese" nc" Ill MS 'o'aS'nP we" 81 ','e c.i'
"c"cc' ne c".'''Ae' 'oiu'' "P t'i''r pii't"'
an" aNe'o''' VI 'c4"'t''' WAS "oo1' |" ne
,aNth' "hen inc prisoner aodleS'cd inc cour''
ne stated mat having o,ch accuse" OF 50
'o"' c''"c as murder anu having h'a ms
CHARACTER assailcd ny Susl''clona OIL ,ne mos
nlh'rli'S nature ''ia' character coa!d never
DC cleared hT MS a'4nl''a' upon lhe ground
'la' ''ie t''"thco against MN VAS i'ohc'"
SNe, without giving h'''' an opportunity 81
stating ms own case ana GAZING witness To
coui'ieract me impression thal i'"u peril faIS
rd against MN by explaining those circum-
stances wheh at present appeared oo"ht'" l
lie urged 'he learned Judge 10 permit MN 10
state ms case 10 'he jury ana 10 cai' ms
houH'NvcpG', Win so ln"ch 'ai'cS''cSS, ana
was sccoiocu ;" S'iohGIl ny ms counsel .''a'
iora Ma''s,''la' th"nSh very ,h'lch aEaii'St
ms mcmahon anu contrary 10 MS u'uhi hap
II, gave way ana v'cideo 10 the latai request,
me prisoner lh'i "dditHStu me JURY ana
'h'F'a''a i''c,' patience Tor snort ',ne, lie
i'r.n',o 10 'n'ii t'a' nc h''', could ',(' SAT
!H'eu 10 W 'c'i "'''u' mercy ptta',ae ,he tF-
'",.'re wa" "o' .o"o'uA''e' an" P'c,'Eo" MN
S'i'' III very S''Ii' '''''t' "S .'e 't" op'cT'
Na''o"a nv s''"'o '''Ne anu .,ie witness
! ""o'h he S'o.',' CALL ~ o''"''' 'it'i ,'l"'c'
upon ''uc'' i''She' S'ou''uS' upon inc l''poS,
"io'h'y oi ms pc''" Su!'ly "i 'iie o''"uiul
cFii'e WIN respect 10 'i'e mutations
M'''cii III" ocei' ''''"N'' ""' "e",''St ''''N' ht
,,'ouGh' one ooscfva,''n ""uu GI'loSe Oh
ti''lh. assuming II " oc ''"e .ha' we &C,
ceased ai'u IRON we 'lt,c'" "l l"'%oh' q
"'l'c' TIC c|'''u o'ou 10 "''''sH ''a, lie i'au
never even hHara e''ilcr ''e name OF ''i9 'Ais'
tehcc .'nn' ms Jay was not every p'"'"o'i'-
~ VI favor OIL MS ,""ocehee' mere was IA per-
lec' stranger not SNOW 20 nave III HIS pos
session Single aE'i''e OF Vh"'' VINO hiSh'
e',lier nave i'S'' OF oeIh 'Vpo'' OIL 'h'l l!"p'
ti.y "ich ne WAS Sa'a 20 nav i'aa al ii''l
W nat 50 piobapic hS 'htt nc Si"",l' III
moment ~ despair AZ MS ,oSS' nave 'tSiio!
"a himself: Inc i'""l H'n5 Was stated &c
nave, been i"h'Iiar IN lhoSe cou"'fitS III
Wihch Mr. thompson l'"a travelled Wmie ia
: '''nScil IL was h''''ly uhNho"l' ABOVE "il
nc Ml'ioled the Jury l" remember, mat al
tTh lt N,tli lIg "ttf