Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-16
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Trial e. eitT RIaruhaI @ A. MlnshIsy.
FIFTH DAT-NOEHtso SESSION
A. he opening Of court this morning,
Sir. Joseph Adams, defendants counsel,
proceeded 10 open for defence.
li ae sid that the case was one which
wsald require moro than usual caution on
m theparb6f The Jury. It was the case OF .
oDbfeloR osr whose business Il is 70 ferret
Sut aIsdssds ct the peril Of bis life and Of
his repUt1don.
~. Adams alluded to The fact that Il
wa iH0aghl to draw In the peculiar preju-
dIoes0f fhe people Of this section and Of the
Nofth because q colored man was q party
60 he oaso. The defendant labored under
Disadvantages from the sentiment Of the
pebble being ell one way and opposed to
him.
m Tfaman may be semitic the penitenlisry
m an ths charge Of men who admit thai they
have poElured themselves, and upon q few
trivial points, such as those alluded to by
Mr.. williamson, il has become q very ssri.
auUa5uEa dsEgeF0us state Of STAIRS.
Minokley tesifes that he saw two per-
soHA enc Whi4 and the other black; he
dos rot testify that he saw Green, but q
neEg9 and thg next day having buried the
WGlok, he sees. q negro come and dig the
watch up and be followed him up 70 the
BARRIERS shop, and 6nds there Green and
LynohA What's therein thattO sriminale
Lgneh2 The witness for the State as to
Minekleyt testimony consist Of the Justice,
Pastsid and Robinson; on the part Of the
M defence efMR. - and Mr.. Adams and
in tha testimony IS presented there is
nothing shown which would tend in sDy
manner % convict Lynch Of burglary the
fast Green was or was not guilty, don't
PROVE that Lynch was innocent. We had
somslhing more to do than to prove the
InnOosnos OF this defendant; We had his
oharacter 70 FiRdiOsie.
a hAEale Is made Of 6 supposed disorep-
snsy Of tie manner In which We located
the log, its length,and the manner in which
he watch was deposited. FOliambe says
Plaisteid was ct The trial but q short time.
Robinson was there perhaps ell the time;
be rent there to Vindioats Green's interest.
Hll-tsls you that he vent there for Green.
taess men can none OF them swear that
Minekley didn't change his statement on
oross-exsminstion; and Foljambe sWears
hat he wrote i down that the log was in
the orchard, and in the alteration which
arose we are told by other Witnesses that
when requested to write down the cOrrec-
ton, he said that the other parties If they
wanted il done could do it themselves.
Mr.. BTinsmade testifes that he went
d0ER With Robinson, and that the log was
E. AAlA4NIH u IN l1 Na4A A4aA AZ - low
Plsateld ands Robinson, however, who vent
over there testify that the end Of the log
Just t0uehas the shore. The witnesses and
Mr. F0liambe tell you that Minckley says
he talked with some Germans before the
arrest and the prosecutor tells you he has
found that he Was not there till after the
examination, and that therefore he went
there to msnufsoture testimony. But il
Mf1okley went there to make testimony
mhw nhnu17 he eomn haah aud 1aurn The
important part Of the location Of the log,
whether in the orchard or cut Of it; or
whether near the river or not in COMPARE
tive darkness and uncertainty. Wouldn't
3 man be able to ind his log under such
circumstances, and wouldn't he come into
court with al his courses and distances ell
Psrfeotf
The woman sWors that it was Saturday
she saw Mnekley, but all she dates FRONTS
that she vas cleaning up that day, and
generally does that on Saturday; neither
can she tell on what week it was in which
this occurred. Her husband don't know
EhstheF Il was Friday or Saturday; thinks
4 vas EhurRday because he was piling bar
Tsls On that day, Bat he piles barrels when
sver they are brought.
4he hR supposss Mr. Minekley to be
here tasfifying before you with the testi
mo1y he gave before Foljambe, and he
sNears that be Wss over there Thursday,
. hads httle conversation Of no oonse-
easnOs With the German, but he knows il
YES Thursday from the fact that he has
certain entries Of the arrest in the bar
beTs shop made upon that day. Suppose
this was 9 question not concerning the
guiltof Minokley, but something else, how
would you receive this testimony Of those
Germans, Whodtte from the scrubbing of
floors and the piiing Of barrels considered /
With thisL definite entry in-the police
b9kf -T-7T-T+
nnliAmson claims batimmedistely sfer
The srrest Eckert was called upon TO 70
down, and did 90 down and sign the ali
dsyit Schroeder tells you that be had
be6n up 70 the restaurant to get his din
nefi he don't know how long he staid, but
somewhere on the Square he met Minck.
Icy, and vas sskedto 70 down to make out
he warrant and that Ninckley directed
the warrant to be made ont and the fact
that Lynch vas left ont Of that warrant ia
held y bes fact that eliminates Minckley.
loanand you In the books Of the Police
Court IS many as two hundred cases where
several parties were arrested and after
wards 9 part Of them sre LET 70 because
not~ enoughoanss for holding them can be
brought forward. Minekley testifes that
he saw q eolored man 90 into the shop.
-sndeent Nix to the other door to let no
nan In or out, and he went down TO arrest
twenty men If he had found them there
and this e the ordinary way with detee.
GnHez and they detain al they think
itproper to detsin after an investigation
After having arrested Green and Lynch,
and 4ndiEg s watch upon the former and
nothing upon the latter, and when after
furfhsE Investigation nothing could be
ioqneto criminals Lynch, was there any
hing remarkable in Lynch being allowed
to GOT
We we're unable To get any more Of Mr..
Adamf plea in this edition. The rsmsin.
der Will sppeaF in Monday mOrnings.-
ED.
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