New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-11

Tsers will be more testimony on this pc'nti Dut
.ys il here in order that you may have some
appreciation Of the testimony IN resno ~ ~
80 motive or o4use for the state %
n - sbeh Nj, s;ckIes most have been at that
sne CouN Mr. Scklss under these circu INSTANCES,
bavs sctad ip cold BLOOD Was It possible Tor MN,
knowing what he kDe. 10 regard 70 Mr. hsy, 70 looh
upon him even scci ettsy snd stl preserve MS
ir;tv We'll II be xss excited was Il a case OF pas'
on nn5uv excited II 0e vas in ftste OF periecly
1hite best wss that 700 great state Of passion Tor
man 10 be in who raw before him the hardened anu
uarelentiDg seducer Of bis wife Mr.. hey yeded NOT
10 Foundation in errIug moment. II vas nOt HAiso
srv sudden ft on him that he defoEered the VIE
n lis friend. He took separate spacious houee iOi
the purpose Of eiiectU MS gny purpose % eeTu.y
Thoueh he has passso from the scenes OF inc u'lns,
,n8 though he IL entitled 20 be kindly remehoeiou
xhen be is rem embereo oousy, stun 30 i1 as no u.
sorrs subiect matter Of this inquiry ms isuits are y
b. exposed in their proper haes aho VII 2" s
,egrav A.ion,. Had Mr. S.ckles any manu- 40 oIigI'
,stirg hs own posi-, IL he hsd oesn uhuS tIe Iu
ts,ce ~ Gnuor n be bad 6rst provoked MT hey ana
bssn tbcn proyoked by him. the case msht stand ui'
srently The provOcstiOn OigDatel ehtIeiy Win hli,
Kew because he delivered toe VIE OF las ifenu aDd
attempted TO keep be gOt from tns uocIon ., Is
Ii.nd, Intention is tie soul OF cnme IL must be
~ cool sedst Intention, or passionate lnten-
son but when the mind ls IN state oi frenzy IL 10
.nsbe Of no passion, ard human nature Is dvesisd
80 innOTtsI part; Il goes forward az suomsslVe 10
= = i,o,nlses which set It on though al It's power
-, ;n IL, mere pnysical structure. On thus point,
n,ssl contended toa Mr.. Sickles, 81 the moment OF
49, occurrence, wss labOriDg under such state OF
sS,zy a. deprived n Of accountability Tor hs act.
us noted Lord Erskino having established the IN
s,iiy Of deluiion on or more subjects that 10,
s,siSI Intellectual mania He divided mama into two
fascss- irtes ctual aod mOTsl-snd argued that Mr..
Jkls WAS acting under the influence Of moral mama.
n ogOted Deane Medical jurisprudence, pages 4oS
a. 80 lie denied au0 spurned the idea tnat MIR.
Sskless miod was mere state Of pasA0n he
rs, nave been transported at once wnen he saW tue
-sp who had wrooeed hi n and knew that he Gas
urd bis house 70 lay bis train Of pollution toit. The
,oposition Of the defence, he ssid, was tina. 1t the
.oyocstion gwen by the deceased was oil the sggTs
ned charocer cobceoed by the law, and II, as the
stsequence Of 1t, the defendant fE the time beng
IL lie under us influence was in the same state Of
rtsl unsoundness ss If the result Of disease, would
s,eule his act or exOnerate him from accountability
IL equally unaccOUJtsb'e under the circumstances
dthis case The cardinal inquiry was, was the de-
,.,ed in the peace Of God add OF the nled STATES
.Asn killed and was Mr. Scklss moved and sec ucet
n the instgstiOn Of the devil when be killed him.
nat sao counsel, is the language OF the Indictment
Rsnember that il you convict hum under tDs hucJ-
neat you have got H. find that Satan set hm on ana
IA, he did not act ubder the ennobing Influences OF
p.inAture, What an atrOcious verdict inst would
l.to declare on the oatts OF jnry thht when fhlhp
BATON met his death he was IN the peace OF he od
nl community rbie the fact IA that he wae on the
i,soD of an adueIei an that Daniel l.. Slckes the
h uei aDd outraged husband, when he slew hiIn under
tis proyocahOn instead Of yielding 10 instincts Whch
!, could not resist tempted aud set on by the
devil That is the ftdiug which this prosecution eek
yop 10 record against the defendant This IL no hgur-
sye language because unless tho devil Get him on, he
committed no crime II he set on by the instinct
NTH which bic Maker had invested him, he yielded to
The control Of the highest OF all Influences, and an ~
srepos which ne could not resist II ne had no other
crime 10 answer for at the great Judgment Seat his
sonement would be light i,deed.
The hour for atjouInlDg having arrived counsel here
PAUSED in bis addnss. He wi probably speak for two
hours more on Monday.
The Jury was placed in chvge Of two off 'ers with
permission to take e1ercie on Sunday.
The council for the defense suggested that they
night be pei United to attend divine service, bat the
Judge thought that they would want to go to differ
II churches and would necessarily be brought in con
.ct with macy people, it would not be prudent to give
hem that privilege
, The Court at 3 49, p. m, adjourned.