, 1859-04-01
.EtE DoY TRIAL AT ST. JOSEPH
tt'rnm our Special Couc+;r'u'tcnt.I


trrcu, tourt of luclaan County, M.ous st. .1u>cIi.
March s. 1859. C"un>c for thr Prosecution, District
Attorney j. n rassct slas Woo.lson. ". II. Miller,
asd Col Do,lptan. Fur the Defence, Alison e. Davis.
Attorney General Of Kans1s, and ex-governor Wilson
Shannon
After the closing Of tho evidence the Court
ruled US follows: That the place where the
offence was committed was a material allegation;
it must be proved that the oGencr WAS commit
ted in Platte County, No. That If the negro
Dick left Platte County with the cnn*cnt Of his
master, und without aid Of defendant then
defendant is moi guilty, even though I've assisted
Dick III kansas; that the transportation o1
slaves from one point TO another in Kansas IS no
v;o!asion Of the Laws Of Missouri.
U;<tra: -1norn,y EasstN opened f"r the State.
lie relied upon the notes or Journal which was
said 10 be taken frum buy. lie called 1t tue
was-bill Of nigscr stealer, Of one who "as
making preparations to dccov slaves. Dr. Ooys
wagon WIS travelling arsenal, &C., &c. Mis-
souri, had always respected the laws, and ne
called upon the jury to s+indicatc them.
.dnyuty G,nuuz IAsat, Utf<nef.-We are
here under peculiar circumstances. We are
strangers. Our witnesses arc not within this
jurisdiction. Why is not Mayor Wood here:
Why is not the Sheriff Of Platte county here?
Has any crime been committed. Has u negro
been euticrd away? This slave went away On
the authority Of pass from his MASTER We
t have shown that Dr. boy was ut Lawrence, not
| iu Platte county, ut that time. There is not
particle Of proof that lie was in Platte county III
| person or by IN agent Oh tue 9Th Of January. 1t
| Dor is 10 be convicted on the strength Of this
papcr, uhe nuies or Journal, there Is not man
| in the jury box that | cannot convict OF high
treason before tomorrow night. say, and
| care not who hears me, thAt the men who cap
| tured Dr. boy in Kansas we're Eidnappers who
yioluled the dearest rights Of American citizens.
| The alleged admissions Of Dr. Duy arc to b. re-
criycd witt, great caution, lie was hand-cutfed
in JUL at the time, and subjected to tlr erosscst
insults Admissions made under compuision or
dureSs arc not testimony. We claim that Dr..
Day was engaged in legitimate business in car
| ryng thoSc slaves If ynu convict this prisoner
without sufficient evidence, You put your slave
property III the greatest Jeopardy.
This is very ,ncagrc report Of an able and
| powerful! speech.
NtKtr, tros.e"fioa-T is i casc in which
tile whole people Of Missouri arc Interested. 1t
is the deepest interest VIC lave. We stand here
AZ the representatives Of iii outraged people.
! This u,au D0T belongs to class which has i
| marital hatred of every man win calls himself
S"uthron--a class ,},ai wolld nnt only lry;l,tat,
uur fields and burn our houses. but violate ou1
fs;r.st;nncJ dmohtrrs, Tin Kansas wit
nnssrs ~. ncri,,rrd viii tatr tlr tcst;tuon,
Of a nsun who stands well here, before vii
t,tc tHn ,rstimnnr If y funjrr,i Of ,t,osr mr.,
arr Mtre Inuin,iner to EIw,od,-nud 50 vii
yo,. Why. Gentjcn,cn, I would blndfod III,
..yss and. passiuc through this tall. put m,
The left. and / viii believe the u,nsworu state
ucnt Of uny o,r Of these men quicker than
wiIl lie paths Of 4 t9,ousand mel, IN the otlc
:ldr Of the river, You know this man is Il uic
,cr.stcalrr:- is CONNECTED with Il conpan'
whicl, il engaged in running. OF, nigre,s. If
wus in that iury-box. und ills evidence was be
| fare 1ne. would remain there until tIle worm
had hacked nv dust. urain by grain, throu.
; The kcy-hoIr. before would return Il verdict Z
J ucnui,taI
:3IHnn"u. Dtfinx-Gov. Shannon spoke tw
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