The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-10

EASroN, Mp, August ., 1858.
To the Daily ErchGDye:
State rs. Solomon 4. Willson-tria for man
slaughter in the Circuit Court for Talbot county
This case now draws toward the termination of its
third week. Truly sit drags its slow length along
but we have at length come to ''thc beginning of
the end. The testimony for both sides was all in bv
Friday afternoon. During the day Mrs Wilson
the mother of the accused, had been called to the
stand. She produced dirk knife of ordinary size
which she testified to having found two days after
the tragedy in narrow passage between her dwell
ing house and kitchen. There were marks of blood
on the knife when she found it. The counsel for de
fence then asked the Court to permit that knife to
go the jury, on the ground that a sufficient founda
ton had been laid to warrant the belief that il was
the weapon with which the stabs were inflicted upon
the deceased. The State argued in opposition that
the evidence was not sufficient to create prohabil-
lty Tar less acertainty that it the fatal weapon
IN the face OF the testimony of other witnesses that
they had seen on the person Of the accused on the
night OF the allray dirk dagger which they
described us larger rand more dangerous looking than
the knife produced in Court The Court refused to
allow the knife to be delivered to the Jury.
The defence having concluded their testimony,
several attachments issued for their witnesses hay
ing failed to procure their attendance the counsel
iorthe State asked the Court to strike out the testi
mony of Mr.. and Mrs. Wherrit who had testified to
an exclamation of the deceased few minutes be
fore the atfrav, in the nature of menace which
testimony had been admitted with the understanding
that the defence was to bring home to the mind ot
tht dcCuseu II knOWledge oI the words OF menace,
and which they had failed to do The defence con
tended that, though they had failed to connect a
knowledge Of the menace with the accused and
therefore, could not ask retention of the evidence
on that ground. it admissible and competent as
serving another important purpose, namely: rs
tending to prove the existence of plot to whip or
nict serious bodily harm on the traverser in rela-
tion to which other evidence had been adduced.-
Ability ingenuity and learning were displayed by
the several gentlemen in the argument of this aucS
ton. The Seltridge case, a leading case on man
slaughter, was again in requisition. The termina-
tlon of this discussion brought the Court to the
hour of adjournment SATURDAY., when Judge
Goldsborough announced that in view of the mpor-
tance of the question to the issue he would reserve
his decision until Monday, when he hoped the coun-
sci for the State and for the defence would be fully
prepared to go before the jury. After a stringent
charge to the jury to hold no converse with any
person upon the case, and to report to the Court
any efforts to engage them in conversation on the
subject, His Honor ordered the adjournment of the
Court to Monday morning.
The arguments before the jury viii consume two
or three days, so that should they open on Monday
(of which have some doubt the verdict may be
looked for on Thursday, provided the jury have no
dfhculty in agreeing. You shall have the earliest
report of the result with any incidents that will
afford to your readers, the number Ofwhom
II at all proportlonate to the merits of the Er-
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played in its management. with its high toned and
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