Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-12-04
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following:
The State Of Ohio dg'st Joseph Weaver.
This was an Indictment charging the de-
fendant with having murdered VIM. Harris,
on the night Of The 18th of November, A.
D. 1857, to which he plead "not guilty.
A special Papucl Of Jurors, thiry-siS 10
number as provided by law, were summon
cd and Appeared in Court on Wednesday.
About three hours woro spent in making up
a Jury to try tho case, and discharged until
Friday mornng, rs there would be no court
: on Thursday, Thanksgiving. On Friday
morning the.Jury all appeared and took
their seats. The testimony given by the
several witnesses for the State was in sub
tance as follows
That Harris, the deceased was man Of
very incorporate habits, and about year
ago had abandoned his family in Seneca
county, and had resided with the defendant,
Weaver, in Sandusky county, on n small
farm owned by said Harris. That a short
time before the death Of said Harris, he had
sold said farm, on which he had received
thirty dollars in money, and had taken the
notes and mortgage of the purchaser for
the balance of the purchase money, payable
in annual instalments. That said Weaver
and Harris had moved into another house
: about n week before the death of the de-
+ ceased. That Harris had given note Of
1880, taken on the sale of his farm, to
= Weaver to sell to raise money to 90 to Full
r ton county to buy little home for Weaver
) and Harris was TO live with him and board
= it out That on the 18th of November,
Harris laid in bed until about the middle of
the afternoon, complaining of being sick
from bad cold, having jug of whisky by
his bed of which he drank freely. In the
" afternoon Harris got out of bed and went
= out Of the house for a short time, and re-
turned and took seat on chair near the
), fire, there being both stove and fireplace
, in the house, which consisted of only one
TOOIl WIFI Two DcuS' IudL aJ Ueu Jlluc
u Weaver informed Harris that his bed was
d ready for him, aud requested him to retire,
y which he refused to do, but said he would
n lay on the floor before the fire if Weaver
o would make him n bed there. That Weav-
+ er put down a blanket and pillow before the
II fire for Harris, and told him his bed was
n
p" ready. Harris looked around and said che
u could see no bed Weaver then retired
~ for the night and arose about o'clock in
. the morning, and on going to the fireplace
"a to make fire. found that Harris had not
IS retired, but was dead on his chair, with his
y legs astride OF, and his head and arm:
rs hanging over the back of the chair, and hi,
re neck resting on the top of the chair-back
H. That Weaver took Harris off the chair an(
G. laid him before the fire on his back. Tha
IS when the noighbors were called in by Weav
t. er lay on his back before the fire with hi
= legs spread apart, his knees bent up anC
be his heels resting on the floor, with one hanc
he resting on his breast, and the other on hi
OF thigh.
as A Post Mortem examination of the bod
od of Harris was made by Drs. John B. Rice
III Rufus Norton, and Henry Brown. Tha
TX from this examination it was ascertane
is that the stomach of Harris was much di,
DC eased, the mucus membrane being covere
So with ulcers, that the right ventrcal of th
Id heart was much diseased, the walls or sui
stance thereof being unnaturaly thin, tha
OF the body showed, both from the conditio
nd of the stomach and iutestines that the d,
'iF ceased had not taken sufficient quaint
an ty of food TO sustain life. That there wf
vii white stripe around the fore part of ii
er- neck, which might have been caused by Il
tn neck's resting over the back Of the chai
RE- until all circulation had ceased That the
an was a partial lateral dislocation of tho Sc
an ond and third cervical vertebra of the nee
hat but that there was no was no cxtravasatiC
of blood. That the deceased had probab
ars died of appoplexy.
-. when tho testimony was closed on u
a part of the State, the attorneys for Il
s"' ,ns State admitted that they had not been ab
''o 70 to make out a case against the defendal
-. /, " Weaver, and offered to enter Nolle Pro
oP ~ siqu, to which the counsel for the defen
go ant, objected, and claimed verdict from t
.nJ Jury in favor Of Weaver. The objection
49, ~.o.,, the defendants counsel was sustained by t
~ Court, and verdict rendered by the ju
;oy in favor of the defendant of ''not guilty.
M H. The case was ably conducted and prese
ra ats ed by A. b. Lindsay, esq, the Prosecuti
"'' Attorney, assisted by #. p Fnefrock, es
the former Prosecuting Attorney Of t
county, and was defended by J. l.. Gree
and G. w. Click and b. j. Bartlett, esqs.
the
l.: The State of Ohio against Nc Cullan.
.ne This was an indictment for grand
who ceny, charging the defendant with steal
omd five hogs from Eli Jack The case +,
very prosecuted by A. B. Lindsay and T.
Fincfrock, esqrs., and defended by ].
't, the Greene, esq, who was appointed by
Court as the said defendant was unable