Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-16
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his conf ssion. The N "A attempted 70 repzif HE
fortunes by engssIns n crime only squailed and
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the people OF Maryland, the most honorable an
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principal clerk Of HAMILTON Esstsr the dsis
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defsnse wof;.is was thought 70 ss psilas ns
rebel, and seld buttons such 40 ars use IN the
artillery and infantry and cavalry service Of ths
This fact wa. known 10 The defendant, for he
residet In Baltimore, whore confedersts prisoners
sso.s w az ai,y oseasas wearing psstoes like
thirs notoriousy oontraband, which had besa n
dsfeodants possession some time, wss sold 70
destination. He believed, from the evidsnee, thsi
ne prisoner did knoW,and was therefore guilty Of
Inc ssss was then submitted, and the ,our,
cleared. H' fr F.IFl'F n p 49, -
ASorHnR MURpnn TRIAI,-vxRpIcr on 40.
suIrIAI.Ihe sase Of Patrick Calvin, aiias osi.
sey, on the Soth Of last July, in K street, nssr
sixteenth, WAS submitted 70 the jury yesterday
ssi .rs ter ossupylns The .tt. htien o. ths
Morgan were eoutlel for p isonsr. ~ lTT1. Il -
Judge Fisher charged the jury % foliows;g Il
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the % osss s .ss I ps.S.
offended he forfeit Of Ss Ts 6pon Soa re ssus.
men, hsa devolvsd the duty Of terminiu WHISTLER
hes thus guilty 40 indicted, or guilty OF N N.
gether Of either OF these onenees. aF-577-Id' 10
You have patiently heard ali the evidence given
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you in sharss and upon that .1ssnss s 20 law tss
case gTas sssls. q murder a,
SLAUGHTER, the frat thing 20 Be shown 10 the death
Of the rerIon al eyed TO have been killed. ,F,s 3
the ps1y eb9sa in sSs sass as was 'd %
IT'S not denied IN this ease tnat the dseeassd
IN! LaSm s,sS ss1s 70 III, death b pi.,e
bar. But II - eontentsd By Bis counsel thas, al
though the prisoner ID thus take the life Of ths
I sssss han %a S.. :, . nor
BY me evidence IN the ease ,hst the act Of killing
was done In self-deienoe. " s'5l d =
raises, u becomes my duty to give you my Wow.
o. the lay q murder and the rules OF evidences sp
There can be no murder without malice sfors.
thought, which 10 the very essences Of murder, bu
It need not be thst the malice shall be b
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iornsd = settled puFsess 70 .sIs That lie a.
OF the case that hsddt in order 70 deliver himssi
from gsns,s dsrss 2, death or great soa
as VIII eithet makeit Impossible for him % 70
treat, or |. win m.te Z. more dangerous for hin
is also princps 81 law we'll sstsisd Sg .u
thOrities, that where Il sppsss that he iiis .
one person has been taken ~ sno.heri 70 bshoovs
or by inference iaiIly dedueibe from II, that IN
act should BE- mtigatsd or exsused, II b also tru'
that malice NEED not be shown by the prosecute,
implythat maliessxistedin The hsartoft The slaysr
II such mitigating or exousing cireumstanees b
not shown. 10 iliustrats this principle, let m
say you that II In this ease the District kttorns
had closed his evidence simply on showing tbs
the pri' oner did Kill the dccesied. and there hA
been no evidence further on either sids, the las
would declare that the prisoner 70 suiltS Of mui
der, beeause he II, supposed TO have intended .
do that which he did do. This may seem TO be
hard aud stern principle Of iawJ and 20 y Il 1
law. But, IA the present eAse, The evidence a.
prisonsr Of The deceased. There was othsf svl
dence N need on both sides, and IRON that 20
are ton termine whether that malice which |
necessary to make out the charge OF murder, 0
whether, a. h alleged Add commended 10 behalf Z
the prisoner, the Killing was done by the prilons
In selEdefence. II Is not denied that the dsesase,
merissey, Immediately or vefy shortly beiors IN
killing occurred went into the house 81 one OF IN
ing one. faa3a lu5
Il is also in proof that two pistol shsts We,
fired In close Hu session. Tits also sworn BY ae,
eral witnesses that there was found, shortly afts
tho tragedy occurred, In the door Of the shop q
grocery where II happened, TIE mark o. pists
ball, made as 4 striking LIT on the outside Of th
door, and going through ~ that the mark 81
room or thop, corresponding In height and N
direction Of It's passage TO that Thot which passs
through the door. II Il also in proof that the doc
was open, 90 that ball fred from the oouple
where Mortisey II proyento have stood, w6ul
have made such q msfk az that found upon "a
door and upon the wall. II iTaiHo IN proof TIM
the pistol shot which was the cause OF moffinsoy
death was fired from without the door. What b
came OF the pistol which Morrissey borrows