Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-28
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most objectionable character, and nut. too,
by the examining party TO his own witness.
The court overuled the objection. and
suspended the general rule, on the ground,
that the witness, though no doubt honest,
was from the very nature of the case, and
by reason Of his connection with the prison
err, an unwilling witness. rE
z The old man cast another imploring look
upon the District Attorney, but he disre.
garded the silent appeal ss II was his duty
10 do, and pressed for an answer. a.,
II cannot swear positively, but / think
that was the bank, y replied the witness.
''You say, then, that you have no doubt
they were upon the Globe Bank ?"
"Oh, no! no / did not say that-I can
not positively Say, bat I think they. were ! /
would not perjure myself to save my child.
The old man buried his face IN his hands
and wept bitterly; and many an eye in that
crowded courtroom was moist in sympathy
with the fathers distress. The prosecution
here rested their case.
I Counsellor NJ. in behalf of the prisoner
addressed the Jury briefly In opening the de-
fence, He said that as to the commission
Of the crime BY some one. there could be 40
doubt. That chain of circumstances partly
resulting from coincidence of independent
events, and which he trusted he should be
able satisfactorily to explain, connected with
a deep laid scheme of fraud aud villainy in
volving another not only in the crime here
charged upon an innocent and unoffending
girl, whose character to this time has been
above reproach, but also the deeper damn
ing crimes Of conspiracy and perjury most
foul. That he trusted with the aid of facts
within the knowledge of the defence, and
of unimpeachablc evidence which he should
be able to produce, not only to explain away
all evidence on the part of the prosecution,
that made against the prisoner and set her
character in all its pristine beauty before all
men, but also to fix the double guilt beyond
doubt upon the real party. That if he should
succeed as he anticipated, in shielding a
really innocent person from the mistaken
vengeance of offended Justice, it was all the
reward he asked; and he trusted in God
and in the righteousness of the cause in
which he was engaged. to be able to show
the character of the accused as pure and
spotless as the noonday sun in heaven.
There was breathless stiffness through
out the courthouse during the progress of
these remarks. The confident manner in
which they were uttered. in the face of tes-
timony SO astounding, which had carried
conviction to almost every mind of the pris-
oner's guilt. awakened redoubled interest.
and caused painful idea in theminds of the
more rejecting. that possibly, in the silent
workings of their own thoughts, they had
condemned the prisoner too soon. l...r
The rentleman who had held the mort
gage was the first witness called BY the de-
fense. He came into the courtroom few
moments before. viii, The drover to whom
he had paid the money. ACCOMPANIED by
William johnson. who. it now came out,
had been to seek him back as a witness in
the case.
The mortgage testified to the payment
by him to the drover of the same bills he
had received from the prisoner father, but
he could not identify the bank.
The drover, however, swore positively that
they were on the Granite, and not on the
Globe bank; that he noticed and remem-
bered them particularly. as tens and twen-
ties, check letter ''B, - and that he had paid
them out in small amounts at a time, except
two or three of the bills which were then in
his possession, and which he produced in
court.
After having been searchingly cross-aues-
toned by the District Attorney, without
varying in the least from the previous state,
ment, he was permitted to. withdraw, and
William johnson was called upon the stand
After having been shown the letter which
accompanied the package of money sent tc
the prisoners father, he was asked: s-.,s,
Have YOU ever seen that letter before !? u
% "Yes. In .-. l.,.
4" Can YOU, or can you not, identify the
hand? ~ ,.s.l z, .e I-.r
81 can Isorote that letter myself and
sent it, with the money that accompanied it
to Mr.. Kendall. / drew it from the Granite
l Bank of Boston on acheck in my own name,
1 From motives of delicacy it was kept SO
cret at the time; and when l explained it t.
4 the counsel for the defense, by his advice i
has been kept a secret until now .s.
i There was confusion and excitement in tn,
courtroom, and it was some time before
! Quiet could be restored. a.
Il, lie said, in answer to the District Attor
new on the cross-examination, that he hat
no secrecy. ar delicacy about the matter now
that he had been for some time engaged t
i the prisoner at the bar, and that unknown
! to any one he had taken on himself the priv
: ilege of discharging the Indebtedness Of I
man whom he had known and honored il
4 early. life. and who was the father of his in
tended wife. ~ BG gI..e.aaIB n
The teller of the Granite Bank fully col
!. roborated the drawing of the funds byJohn
. son. and produced the identical check O
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