, 1859-03-01
THE MURDER CASES.
Impressive Scene 1t the Circuit Court Room
Michael Finn and Michael nIcNAmee
Sentenced to be HUNG.
MARTIN BARRY gENTENoEn TO FIVE YKARs
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any matter Of evidence but upon alleged inform
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Among the spectators were numerous ladles.
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sons utterly unable TO obtain admission.
The prisoner, McNamee is q lighthaIred.
amooth.faced. ,ght.comn1exionod man of ,1ont
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'al1'y-1'e years age' an n'snman hy birth, and
not above mcdiocEty in the Iaboring class Of his
couutrvmen. His il mt a cop6tenanca on;cl n
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-l1oS eDao'''a' aa1 ue 'a1seu 1o'ooS" tue 't5-
'ns seene OF yesterday *ltooQt the slightest man
Hesitation of feeling, though there Was no light
ness Of manner. At the oneninr of the copr4 ,a
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to9o '" ieee''e tne aooFesS anu sen'eace OF Inc
Court, Which was delivered by Judge Manierre a.
follows;
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Before ding 80. In conformity with tbe eeto,,.
lfshe] practice Of the Inv in c,nita1 cases Tin.
oQiTc Of yoa whether yop have aneht to 1,rre rhr
sentence sllonId mt Ike nrnnonncc1 nnon v6n7
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tAns p1''onei ~ iePt5 S'a'eu 'aat Ne hau no
thing to cay, aud the Court procecded.1
OF rour cuilt there r.ma;ns unon mr. mind ,o
doubt whateyer-the eyienca copcio.;yeu nu sst, ~
lisles it. Indeed. though nav trial h, bae1
urged By your counsel. yet tley thew have not al
it their duty to urge upon me as reason t.refnr
that tue jury have found their verdict aeinst fhe
weight oi evidence that i rea sonablc doubt
remains Of your guilt. l am thus relieved from
the duty Of careful Analysis and scrutiny OF the
Your counsel relied much iu your defence
upon the plea Of drunkenness; that You were
under the influence Of liquor at tho tiu1e VIM
perpetrated this horrible crime. have no doubt
the evidence think establishes that fact: but
the law declares that drunkenness shall be no
excuse or defence for crime. It was also urged
in your defence that the degree of drunkenness
muy have amounted to inaanity-to an utter dn.
thranement of reason. but Of this there Ia m
evidence, IN the contrary, many of the circnu1-
stnncas establinS bevond any doubt that during
all the time in which ,s;s murder MAS perpetrat-
possession OF your reason. shalt t,:lv allude
to few OF them.
When you gave notice early in tbe morn;no NJ
July 2 that your uif. was dead. she was found
in bed ahockinply beaten. bruised and bloodv
but in O position so natural that ths medicai
Witnesses express the confident belief that aha
was 10 placed before death or very soon after.
and before 1he body becau4e rigid. Tho clothes
were carefully drawn over her: and her own
torn garments smoothed down with something
Like order.
By whom was she 30 placed ?-in Your own
bed. the bed in which you slept, yourself that
nightf If she had been 10 bruised and beaten
in the street, she could never have taken her.
self into her rooms in the third story Of that
building, and placed herself in that position in
the bed The blows upon the head we're alone
sufficient to produce inseusibiity and the entire
most careful examination discover any traces OF
blood On the stalrWsy leading to your room.
What is your explanation of this evidence
It is that the deceased left your house ut the
hour of o'clock the night previous-that YOU
sat up waiting at the window tor her ,ili IL
o'clock-thbt then you retired to bed to wake at
4 O'Clock in the morning to ind her dead By
Your side.
l do not cite these facts here for the purpose
OF showing your guilt, but only Tor the purpose ]
before indicated, though the account is utterly |
improbable in itself. They prove eonclusively |
sion u to the cause of death-the best that |
under the circumstances you could form as IN |
explanation of this tragedy. This effort of your
understanding discloses your own CONSEQUENCES
of the crime-an effort utterly irrecencjlable
with the idea Of inssnity.
And not lie least evidence Of design and re..
son on your part il the further tact that the |
body WAS found shocklng1y bruised and torn in
the lower part Of the ahdomen-for the purpose,
unQuessiorahly, of giving plHusibllity to the &C
count that she bad reserved her injuries else-
where, ct he handa Of q rasl:hs!.
your case to enlist profound sympathy. That
your domestic relations were ID some measure