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KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OYER AND YERMINER-
MiRon y Before judge srsosc, Judge Morris .ad
Justices EsMoss and ScBoossiKER-
CONVICTION or JOSEPH JACKSON FOR RAPE
The Court room was crowded this morning. The
DisdictAttornsy opened his argument for the people,
and made nes. able appeal. The presiding Jndge
iSIone then proceeded TO deliver his charge the July
drasbg near to the bar to hear hs remarks. The io
loving is the substance of what he said 1t s most
able and impartial production:
JUDGE sTRosG's CHARGE.
The Jgdge said that this case had occupied large
portion Of the time of the Jury, but not longer than It's
importance demanded. serious charge was brought
against the prisoner, and if guilty, by the evidence he
was q monster; if not, the prisoner was an ipjued
man. The definition Of rape in the Revised Statutes
was the forcble ravshiDg Of female Of l0 years OF
age and upward The word "rsyish" was not de-
fined, and construction within the meaning OF the
statute must be put upon 1t. Ravisong CONSISTED In
not only having forcible connection, but against the
will Ct the female, which presents two i'm 1orant IN
qniiies; II it was against the will OF tne ~o
man. no mater what may have preceded II, s
rape. Even upon woman OF loose hsolss
lie "a much Q rape az vntuous ,euIHe'
II not sOpposed, however, that she wi, as ,nvoIn
nos wonsn 1t 10 undoobtedy scsse Ihsoins
the Character q the principal witness ana nocn uP'I
the :. ~ T. IN. op, one who can positively is
therefore for the Jury 10 90 INTO all ns
some ppoe not rest wholly upon tue pfncps W.T.
moss be ooIroborsed BY concurrent testimony lne
6eult of ,strort II is still more difficult % do
.S ar. Ss TO OF & and con
diff sut defend of this nature The
IL necessary to 60 history compaRInt and here
the defense labor under difficulty ne con ansn III
this case 10 foreigner and there Is DO means OF nqiy no
her previous Character noI could II Do sustained were
They have not therefore s same lns aSSns Of per che ehss
before ebsrkns from Liverpool although app ed rom tne
cabin before The chip sailed might Be deemed cir
might have been done % the obcer
put into cabin with his wife which bis Honor
was not aware to be the usual praLeei oat ~ !:
trusted hoveye wss rot the common Pfsnos5 IhsIe
was show that Dr. Mason liberties by ts,ng ber
appeared that she free in be, shd dd not
Whether msn who would permit other such
fmilarss would go further In consequence hHso seI
charge against her character and should not readily Dc be-
heved s law does not allow spece charges ,ganst chasc
ter be proved and it was not the.rs tolerated s1, Ihe
far indvdos ssd she said she hsd not Her character was
whether conduct such as " make her re-
liable. 1t was not necessary to believe woat was
;s..a in: be 1e threw bucket q water on her when in
company with the doctor in her berth in the second cabin Why
he Old this fully Explained. IL does mot distinctly
oesr Amer The action charged Jackson found
graphic Whether that has anything to do with
BE completely the affairs for the yuIy determine. In
aiming the character Of Csharne Sullivan was also proper
the Jury should take the examination Of the physcan who
found The womb in the USUAL condition ana discovered some
whether e had connection before these evidences had
s,0s we're not caused IN Of Violent struggle
The Jury the right to take into consideration whether she
would b e .4
not After had port two three days. she the
l.fsn hoard
was stated that she bad heard speak OF bis
s%srs thai the defendant was married @.1 But there was
evidence TO show this The captain OF the vessel told de-
G bat said nothing being responsible for the board Of
Cshine and Jane IL was stated s. aat the
ns be taken consideration whether the voyage
another thirs whether the character of the Ir,h not
naturally The captain authorized the defendant TO procure
Ss,s come eSnfdence in this recommendation They
:eve places and seemed TO wax apart which APPEARED ns1
Yorl and BIl,P unta they arrived q s6eephesd Bay com
and " ne s, Sent on 00 Sale w s1s
Ssso. she ieacbed the where taey 'tad all night
SA' ss ,0f nd ui S It so' be ' .5s could
rcoeo Al the s, which 0p 6Sa d s 0
enoe Of que The house repuIed to have been noisy aud
strange IL this were So that respectable Mr. Prem
ce should b there Csthsrne did not oil the house.
place up to this time ,ppears there was fddns and
dancing hre occasionally but whether this evening did not
s then detailed the transactions In the room OF the
hotel and made commentary upon what occurred there x
permitted and then stated II Csihane was found 10
particular,
evidence could not be beeved but her general statements
be then the jury must take reliable
upon the heinous natne of crime like the
d of the that the family
guilty should suffer well himself aud innocent
children ana relative. wOnld inevitably be dssrsce6.
The Jury then retired, it being about O'Clock, and
returned with verdict Of GUILTY against the prisoner
shortly after o'clock.
The District Attorney moved judgment, but on mo-
ton of Counsel for defense (Mr. Cinton), sentence
was deferred until Saturday to enable him to prepare
q bill Of exceptions. The defendant, Dixon, 1. was
ascertaDed was not in Court and the fact being stated
by the District Attorney, his (Dixons father an
elderly grey haired man. said his would be present
at such time tomorrow to-day as the Court might
designate.
The Court stated that he must be present at 10
o'clock to-day, forfeit his bonds, and the father pro-
pised he should be there at that time.
The prisoner ia ,kson, who had been out Al 900
bail was then conducted to the County Jail to await
sentence. His poor wife, who present during the
whole trial, appeared greatly afflicted as doubt she
really
The jury was then discharged until Thursday, with
the thanks Of the Court.
COURT CALENDAR-Tms DAY.
UNITED STATES DISTINCT CouRr.-Nos. Al, IS, 10
SUPREME CouRr-CRcuIT.-PsrI Same a. yes
terdsy. Part INos 1899 1911, 1855 g7l. 1862 1857 lO7
lias 1891, ISIS 1924, 1895, i2s7 1899, lSoi, ls0t