, 1859-01-18
TIRE TR1AL OF JAMES WILLIAMS ALIAS
MARTIN BARRY.
FOB TIE MURDER OF R1cH'D CIRCUIT.


| C1lcCIT Court OF C0oE CouSTY-ii,1. GEoEGE
AASERRE, PRESIDING.
| The bearing Of testimony in the case Of Feo-
pie Is Williams alias BURY, commenced yes:e'-
day morning. An outline Of the evidence ne
| present as follows:
Georqt p R4nson, E1-Coroner Held the i'll
| quest on body Of deceased on Monday morning.
| Sept. 9Th, 1858. 81 Grout's Saloon on GaaAl
street, West Division, where the killing occur
red on the evening previous; identified the
knife as one delivered to him BY Witnesses Of
the affair; also <2 bill.
-yicAelas Grout. saloon keeper az above,
| brother Of the deceased, who had lived with
him-Deceased Richard Grout was thirty-tve
years old. Was not present at the time OF the
affair; Game back to The saloon fifteen ni..nles
after
Ur. Henry JTardner-Was present at the rost
morsem; described the wound in the left breast
Of deceased. penetrating the heart
.dugustt L1gtri1-A saloon keeper On Car al
street, few blocks north Of the Grouts. testified
that the defendant aud another man offered The
same bill 10 him in payment for drinks, short
tine previous 10 The .fair. He refnsed tie bill
Identified tle IL ol! shown; also the knife.
Junes Clltdhdn The principal witness Tor tie
prosecution, the only one who WIS an eye wiz
5ess Of tha .t.ay, W.. in feezt Of the sasoua or
tho evening in question, auvai eight O'Clock.
Heard any. :l::t cation; looked in through q
widow in The door; SAW Barry with knife
draw and came in. Defendant had offered
,be - bill to Richard Grout, then
teadcg bar, in payment for drinks
G.out pronounced it counterfeit Defendant
dtmanoed the bill! again or his chnnge; Grout
said, "wait minute until put mark on IT."
Barry drew bis knife, saying, 'Give it up you
toa OF bitch, or l will cut you;" Grout came
trtm aeLind the counter, shut the door, mud
Went towards Barry, then standing about the
midtis at the roor1 witness saw &. making Ta.
pidEv towards Barry With both bands extended;
could not say il ns fists we're closed, and Us ae
had pat his hands upon his shoulders or was
uoout do 30, witness could not say he had
touched him, Barry made quick, dc~nward
movement with the knife; the TWO then clnched;
Barry, By the superior weight AID 1.omen
tum Of Grout was forced backwards; tell
over some chairs, Grout being uppermost, and
Barry hand extended over the c1-ir; (wltuess
thea saw the knife was bloodyG the bystanders
iuterf-sed, and Gsout said he was cut; BarfJ
said. 'Good God. Mr. Grout. have cut you:"
GFout crossed the room IS il to max. for bench
on the north side, fell before reaca.rE It, and
lived oEly few minutes; Barry was aeliTered
over to the police who arrived st1ua time after;
{witness ideL:ted the knife shown, a* that used
by Dlrry); Barry was Eot drunk, though be
might have takrn couple OF glasses. Witness
il blacksmith, aud had worked Oh Aalsted
street)
OueA fNspatrick-Am tn ec1p;oye &c en- the
Chicago, Anyu and St Louis kaliro-a; Vas sill
ting on the stoop outside the door, ind heard
tie noise; looked il through the sash lights in
ihe door; testified Is 10 has'ng sesn the attfay,
though not IS distinctly as the preceding Wilt
ness, whose evidence in its main points he cor
roborated.
StFA.:. {otte-, also En- employee of the sanae
R4iruad Company with lust witness, Tad III the
s,oon when The first hixh words occurred, but
left ut onca TO ayoid being mixed up in the
1T air; had Barry threaten to cut Grout il he
did not give up the bill; alter be left the house.
!uinuie Of two later, leard scutlng, md then
the voice cf prisoner, Ny God hare l cut
you:'; had locked In at the window, and SAW
the t,io c.lEched; gaze the alarm and called the
police
Iy:icemta Ds,aney and Eou.e, testified tia.
they tooa Barry in custody, and carried him 10
ite lookup at the Arnorv. Oa The way he told
.arsn ,hnt, ,Ley hid y scuhl ,-ne and Glou:-and
til t te "dldut know what te did" adding:
TN getting pretty d1uEk." At that time they
ard lAe p7sone: did not know that G.ont Vas
dead.
1'somas L. Forrest, banker, Was called, rs an
expert By the prosecution, TO testify that The
bli-a 81 on the "Braadon Bank, Vermont"
wEs counterfeit.
Il vas here objected by Ar. Westcots, OF the
pas: OF the defence, that as witness could Io.
tes:i:j CT his personal knowledge, tha: tie <iy-
nu:ares we're forged, ils testimony on this point
aud as to the genuiuecess or Otherwise Of the
bill mu,t be excluded. :.
Pending the decision Of this poiat the Court
adjourned to 10 a. II. TO- day. The only reli2in-
ing witne.s Of tie prosecution aad c1?e7:s, to
show the bill offered va. coua.crfei:, are that
hence the killing took place while defendant
was committing IN "nalaxful act," thus estab
lishag it as murder. 1t is understood tha! the
defence will call no Witnesses.