The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-06
Philada. Stock Exchange Sales, Nov. 6
Reported by De Haven & Bro. 40 400. Third street
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Court of Oyer and TerInIner--Judges Air
anu Ludlow THIS morning, at III O'c Ock the
tria OF vii lam MauPulre IOr the murder of Al aR0;e
baer was resumed Inc special Senlre OF twenty
men was returned TO the Court ana, after con.
siderable par ey BET veen the counsel both SIDES
IL JuIY box was filled.
TIE Jury wefe then sworn. and the trial com.
menced. The case was open d on behalf OF The
Attorneu, who sad:-- xxx
Gehtlcnen of the Jury Each OF you answered
the question that you have conscientious qcrunes
upon the subject of capJtai punishment, such as
would not prevent YOU in joining with yOur
iel Ows IN rendering verdict OF guilty of murder
in the first Gegree If the evidence REQUIRED 1.-The
punishment beng death. That question has been
asked and has been answered, because a Fellow
citizen ls at this bar being rIed for the commission
OF an Ofense, and ii found enlty, the punis nment
will be ueath. The law fixes thi, punishment--the
highest punishment upon what IT deems the highs est
Offense. One who deliberately, maIIciOusiy de-
sgnedY takes away the life of ther forfeits his
Own own conn,.v In d mas ,b peen the law in almos.
1t IS the law that has been given to from on ngh
and 1t is the perfection of human law. Any one
who deslgnedly, Intentionally, maciousIy give
way TO his passions and strikes at the life OF an
Olher, and takes the life OF human being fotfelts
his own; and society has right TO demand that lie
OF hlm. That Is the law, and you nave SAID thaL
you have no coIscentIous scrupes again It enfoTc-
ing that law; nothing that would prevent you
from deciding the case If the evidence REQUIRED nc
as one of murder IN the first degree. rhe q1estion
has been asked, because the one of tne most
serious character, and the cnarge against the nri
sOner is the highest otfense known to onr law
There may be some Instances where Al Is 90 he re-
gletteu tnere Is nOt more severe DunIShmant II
common expression Tor people 10 say that death
is too good for such Gan. 1t Is no DuDIsh.
ment to mm case was tried in
attention OF all the community, and 1 received a
etter rom Christian adY, elegantly written wac
was not conV rsant with our institutions WHO said
that man who committed sueh a series of m ,r
ders as tins ought not TO be executed the regular
way. ne then gave history OF the deceAsed
DIR. Shapleieh swoIn-I was the CorOner's phys
clan IN Apri, 1854; made pos, mOItem exauns-
non OF the boly OF Maggie Baer the Sd of AM
OF that year, at the aDiishment of SIR Conrad
the undeltaKcI 10 the Coroner, In Parrish stree
above kieyenthi there were three gunsno. Wounds
upon the body-one slight flesh wound ia the
outer part of the left thigh, and about tGe mIddIs
another ON the back OF the head, a little 20 the
right OF the medan hDe; another IN Irant
OF the right arm-plt over the spac, bet veen
the first and second Tlbs the Oall stritin1
against the tones OF the head a part wa snIit OFF
and was found between the scalp ana Tho sknIi" tboo
maln part OF the bali penetrated the BRAIN 70 the
extent OF one and h 1T or two inches carrying with
1t some inner pieces of inner ate of The hone.
this bail tba shown ente ed betw en- the first and
second RIB in front o the night arm.pit; il entered
the cavity of tho chest, passed through the right
Inning, passing behind the heart and Though the
aOlta three inches from the heart the aOrta Is the
main artery OF me heart It then passed through
OF the left chest; the wound through the aOrta was
the Immediate cause OF death though the wound in
the head won ID have proved iatal the wound the
chest downwards, inwaros and back kwards;
the wounds of the aOrla, or heart are almost in
stanIly fatalj It IS my oOnon that tue deceased
died almost instantaneous ,Iy.
CrOss-examInation--M Taylor the Coroner, M
Conrad, and some others didn't know, were pre-
sent at the postmortem examination; the body
was delivered TO me; / don't know tue person;
should judge she was .a0out twenty or twen1y'One
yeaTsof ave.
Ohicer Moore sworn-I was preseut at the theatre
the night Maggie Baer was shot; had seen her pe-
Vious to this AFFAIR when visited tifth street
below Pune; i saw her at the theatre on the
niPht Of the Occurrence; she was sitting IN the cor
ner of one OF the sage-boxes; didn't see the DIi
sonor before this Occurrepcei, my attention was
attracted by the report OF pistol, which |
came from the box whero the deceased |
was; after the first load was DISCHARGED, IT |
with nisto in his hand, who bad fired It between
the second and third shots no oiSer Rice and myself
jumped On the back Of the bench and into the box,
Ston House The third shot Just went off as we got
INTO TIE box; the piOtol was pointed at Maggle