Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-09-15
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
THE BRoDERICK MURDBR-A JUDICIAL
FARCE.

The trial (?) and acquitial Of Judge Terry for
the murder of Senator Broderick is thus re-
ported in the San Francisco Bulletin Of the
llth ult:
AS we have before stated, Judge Terry's trial
was fixed to come off before the District Court,
at San Francisco, Judge Hardy presiding, on
Friday.
AT nine o'clock precisely, according to the
time Of the officers of the Court at San Rafael,
which was in the advance Of the watches of the
people generally, Judge Hardy opened the
Court, 'lerry's case was Immediately called. He
was ready with his counsel, Messrs. lIoge and
Chittcndcn, and his Witnesses, who had gone
over the day before in the steamer. The Court
then proceeded to empannel a jury with great
haste. Out of the first ffteensmen, twelve ju-
rors were selected, the defence having challeng-
ed three peremptorily.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr.. Har-
alsor, District Attorney for that district. He
did not ask any of the jurors single question,
or make the slightest objection to their being
sworn in as they were called. The pannel was
therefore completed in few minutes.
When the last juror had been sworn in, the
Judge directed that the case should be proceed
ed with. The District Attorney stated that no
witnesses for the State were present, and asked
for short delay to give them time to arrive.
Judge Hardy refused to grant any delay. The
District Attorney then submitted the case to
the jury without any proof. The Judge charg-
ed the jury, that, in the absence of proof, they
must bring in verdict of not guilty. The ju-
ry Immediately returned a verdict of "Not
Guilty" which was recorded, and Judge Terry
was discharged from further custody. All this
was done in less than an hour-or few minutes
before 10 o'clock, as we leain from respectable
witnesses on the spot.
A little before II o'clock, the States witness
es reached San Rafael, "day after the wedding"
They found Judge Terry and his friends in high
glee at his easy acquial. Some of the jurymen
were "steaming up" considerably at the bars.
One who had served his country in rendering
the verdict, exclaimed with filthy oaths, that he
never could have been made to find man gull
ty who only killed his enemy in duel Most
of the jury seemed to be anything else but
members of the Peace or Dashaway society.
Terry has spent seven or eight days at San
Rafael, keeping open house, and making popu-
larity with the "boys" who sa. on his jury, by
a liberal expenditure of drinks and flattery.
On the fourth of July he delivered a short speech
to his friends" In short, he has been the
greatest 'lion" in the neighborhood. of the
penitentary for a long time.
The witnesses who went over in the Restless
were prepared to prove the fact that Terry kill
ed Broderick in the duel, conclusively that
nothing but positive perjury on the part of the
| jury could have prevented them from finding
him guilty under the statute. 1t was lucky
trick then, to get him off without any proof
being taken. Teny's lawyers were going to
try to make it appear that the doctors killed
Broderick by giving him chloroform. A"snap
Judgment" sorvvd them better.