The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-30
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

Court of Oyer and TermIner-Judges Ali
son and Ludlow.-1he case of James Monaghan,
charged with the killing Of James I. Moore, con.
tnued from yesterday, on account of the list of
jurors having been exhausted 0y challenges, re-
Thomas b. Dwight, ESQ.,, opened the case for the
Commonweat tn and stated the facts which he
peSted to prove to the jury.
ceased; first saw him on Tuesday, August 15, 1866
at o'clock he was in the bedroom of his hoase, III
Locust stleet, between Tenth and Eleventh; found
him IN q state oil collapse; tnat IS, scarcely any
pulse, cold hands feet, and nose; upon examining
his pe,.on found ound in front OF the abdomen
through which wound the omentum was protrud ng
there was also another wound over the region or
the right kidney; those were the only wounds; he
die0 ON the following Saturday morning. August
49,; his men al condition remained the same up 60
ihe TIME saw him; he was able to CO nyerse clearly
his condition necessarily fatal on Thursday, when
l found that his urine contained blood.
Sw Sm dunns mn his nes the
said that he did not expect TO get well OF the
wound; told him he had better arrange his
worldly affairs, ana that he should 90 something q
Tor his sise he said he wished everything to go to
his wife.
Upon being questioned as to the conversation
which took place between hun and the deceased.
the Tness sasG ne gould I'D not ANY 81 Pdrfns
/ ADVISED bim to get a clergyman aud arrange his
spiritual affairs saw the clergyman thore sovorai
DR.. shapleign, the Coroner's physician, was then
TEN examination OF the body of James Moore there
were two wounds; one on the back, beneath the
spine, made by penetrating instrument. IN, i'm
strument had passed inward and ard between
the right kidney and the spinal column The depth
of this wound was two inches and half Ihere
wound in the abdomen half an inch long on
line with the naval and the hip bone, about half
way between them. This wouad penetrated the
wal of the abdomen. The omentum and intestines
were cut. The cavity of the abdomen was fl ed
with blood The deceased came 10 his death from
h9mol olrhaRe, in consequence of the wound in the
abdomen have described. A pocket-knife would
have inflicted the wound.
Nor M aau3okn ~ knA do
ceased saw DR.. Sbapeigh at the house 1t was
my brothers body that he made post-mortem ex'
animation on. His name was James Thomas Moore
He was twenty.six years o,d.
James Mclaughlin sworn-I know deceased; the
affair took place in SAMSON street, below eventh
on the south side; saw tho deceased there; ne was
delegate to the convention; as L was walking up
SAMSON street towards Eleventh the word Mona
CHAN was mentioned; never saw the prisoner, to
know him, until saw him in court; saw Moore al
the convention; went TO the tavern the corner;
Moore was following behind; some one knocxed me-
pile; heard some Zone say. Look out-he has q
knife;" 1 tell down on the lumber pile, and was
while on the lumber pile heard some one cry out
Kill him. did not see Moore cut, nor did | see
him Immediately afterwards; believe the accused
was there, but could not say positively:
Alderman McMulin swOrn-I saw Moore after
the wound was Inflicted in bed, at his residence IN
Locust street; 1t was on the 10Th of August, 1866
saw him after that several times; visited the house
| for the purpose OF taking HIS dying declaration:
saw him the night before ne died. there was NOTHING
said about his dissolution then; he was in a situa
ton that he could not speak to me, rolling around
in the bed; that was the first time thought he wa
| going to die.
Jane Faherty sworn-I am the vito of tn
! deceased; was living with my husband at thu
time of his death; he had his SENSES until fiv
minutes before his death; he died on Saturda,
morning little after 8; he knew ell that he wa
| diving; SO did 1; he said he was dying; the clergy
| man was there for the last time about halfpast
| on Saturday morning; was in the room; the cleI
| gyman bid him good.by when he left; he told hiI
that he would never see him again, that he wa
gong TO die; he said that he knew that; the las
! rites of the church were administered on Friday
| the clergyman first came on Wednesday, when n
was cut, and continued making calls until Saturday
| The Court then adjourned until O'Clock.