The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-04-14
IRE SlCKLES AFFAIR,

of Philip Barton Key, but give this
week the proceedings Of the 9Th day
rs reported to the press Of Nashville.
The particulars of this murder are
known to all who have read the Home
journal for n month or so past.
Ga the morning Of the Glh day Of
the trial the court opened at 10 ] 4
O'Clock. After some delay, the pris.
oncr was conducted into court and
placed in the dock, where he vas en-.
gagged for some time in II conference
with Mcssrs Brady, stanton and Bcv.
ordy Johnson. The Jurors were call.
cd and answered to their names,
Mr.. Graham proceeded TO address
the jury amid the solemn silence and
attention Of the whole court.
Mr.. Graham said, after an eloquent
preface: Had Mr.. Key observed The
solemn prcccpt, "Rcmcmbcr til" Sab
bath day TO keep it holy" he might at
'hiS moment have formed one Of the
living. The injured father and hus.
land rushcS on him in the moment Of
guilt, and, uadcr tn" influence Of n
frenzy, executes on him IA Judgment
which was AS just AS it was summary,
The issue which YOU are here to de.
eide is whether this act renders its
author amcnablc to the laws Of the
land. In the decision Of that issue,
gentlemen Of the jury, you have Il
deep and solemn interest.
You are here 10 fix the price Of the
marriage bed; you are here 10 say in
what estimation that sacred couch is
held by an honest and intelligent A.
H1crican jury. You may feel Il pi'y
IN reviewing this occurrence for the
life that has been taken; you may re.
greet the necessity which constrained
that event, but, while you pity the
dead, remember also, that you should
extend commiSscration to the living,
That life, taken away as it was, may
prove to be your and my gain. You
know not how soon the wife or daugh-
ter of some one Of you would have
been, in fact you know not but she
had been marked by the Samc eyes
that destroyed the marriage relations
Of this defendant.
You know not how soon the gar
dcns Of lovclincss, over which You
now preside, had thai life been spared,
would have been called upon to sup
ply the flower to satisfy the i%nsatia.
bic appetite Of the deceased. An in
reference with the marriage relations
must strike every rejecting mind az
the greatest wrong than can be com
United upon n human being. 1t has
been well said that alliction, shame,
poverty and captivity are preferable,
and do not know that | can express
the sentiment more ap'Iy than in re
citing the lines which the great dra.
motisl has placed in the mouth Of the
Moor on the supposed discovery oil the
Inconsistency Of his Dcad"rnon&. You
are here to decide whether the dcIcn-
der of the marriage bed is - murder.
a,., ,l,,Ior lc !. ,n he mt on fine
sam footing with the first murderer,
.nI ;s,o Inc nr,srn,cd in his moral and
legal aspects with tn" same degree OF
,oorov,,ion obou, him.
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ali. v,r;,u.Ino,I outLoritirs in REGARD
~ yar;ous degrees Of the crime of
Murder and mansIaugh,cr. Il was
for the iury TO inolirc whether the
nr;oncr. At Tho time he shot tn, dc.
ceased was moved by a sudden and
,~i,Io,I n,.sio, which he could NOT
.o,,rnI II his shouId he proycd to
,L.;r satisfaction. he was not account.
nLIn 10 thr law for tine deed he had
Ina Tho, ,LonlJ inou;rc and do.
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