The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-14
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER77jJu
Attorney.
The Court reassemoled at o'clock yesterday af
ternoon, when the twelfth juror was obtained.
stating the tact act of M The killing q George Eer by the
20tR o. February giving the nte"tion of the W COM
monwealtn TO press for murder in the first degree.
nation upon the body OF George Eiier; the bali passed
through the heart and lodged In the spinal coumni
Mrs. Mary Eler swoIn-Georee Eller was my hus.
Gross exanned-We were married in August 1866;
my husband did not live in Orchard street from May
Officer r. SilverthOTne sworn-I was In Court when
round to the prisoner come In the door two women
came first, and then BeI Just as he turned the dock
shot; Leis sitting on the end of the back settee
Ee he again
@ ar Se hsd nstd his emy sezed Sm and took
the pistol out or his hanoi Officer KretzeE took Eer
out; next saw him at the Coroners office; he was
ohicer Kreltzer sworn Ellsr was living when
took him TO the office: do not think i was three
minutes from the time took him into the CLERKS
Gross. xamined~I had seen the deceased in the
dock nuu Der OF times. but had no recollection OF
Here the CommonweSth a. n closed o,,,o,,,
THIS MoRNING's PROCEEDINGS.
Lewis @. Cassidy, Esq, opened the defense. He
said.t not often that counsel In case Of this Kind
by the Importance the cause both the counsel do
in this case. Indeed, II is very rare that twelve
have. l beg to call your attention to the fact that
d ali say Only to sa a s
0mnipotent; for in your keeping are the issues OF
names only Of this defendsnt and his wife, G but
all who are bound by ties marriage and blood TO
HIM. While these issues are your keeping, gentle
the same serious ention and deliberate aud thought
sented to you.
Now, gentlemen it was said at the outset Of this
opening that this was case without parallel. He
a case in his reading. There some things that we
viii agree with the Commonwealth about, and at
the very outset we agree with this position.
Before we get through with the defense, you viii
ever occurred upon this continent aud he has not
been unfortunate enough to meet any like 1t in his
me in your little While in the eaFiy part part
Orchard street Eetme take you to the Rumbiest Of
When you enter it will strike you with its cheerful!
ines You w Rd in il ithf deEoed e Hon
will find four little children. the eldest of them twelve
home, and known throughout the neighborhood as
the very M % em6odiment OF , virtue: r: o, ,,r
at work at his simple calling of bOOtmaker-known
employers known to his relations, to his companions,
to his church and his friends as the model Of all that
constituted the humble but honest citizen Of the Com
An upright humble, and honorable man. against
whose fair fame man living, to that day nOr to
this has ever uttered the slightest breath of suspr
con. That man was the presiding deity, may
say, of that household Thomas Les was that man.
the four children that are now In Court with the
to1T LYLE ones that gathered around his hearth
% pd dsSPg home y s apr PFeys @ 70 % the Of
that horrible act the heart Of Les was on fire and
persons telling him that Justice would not be done
The speaker thought the jury would have no diff.
Guilty In rendering verdict OF not guilty.
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE
,TaaT Taio ~ sba 7
Y years old in April ls6e was II years and months
G6 am ss the S SSnEeteT M of Thomas tes Ssa In
Lawrence and Filth street, my father has four chill
h Of two Es %rs
was going 70 school every day In 1855; visit church
filter; my father was kind and pleasant to me and
an ngsy 'SS hs WORKED @ at S S
stair, IN 6S the t65d @ story my mother Is lying he was
live with us when he married; eved In the second
family occupied the rest Of the house, slept 10 the
back room up stairs; Eller aud his wife sept In the
where Eller lived.
your mother was out his wife was out, and What did
he do2 Objected TO- and objection sustained.
eommunicsted to him What had been done to you?
Witness resumedCTheTe was a change In my
fathers manner, speech. mind ETC. IN April 1866; he
attended to his work indusTiousy; he did not attend
employers came there and found his work Endnisbed
he did sleep at nights until twelve O'clock; he
myself he used to say it to '''Gny my
mother, and heard IL then; he looked troubled and
Inelaneh9ly saw hiT Sl cry about IL heard MIN say
about my beHg ruined did not hear him say that
every day, but very very often; he didn't look as he
used before; he looked troubled: he didn't eat his
killing himself o.
Joseph RIeben9cker sworn-I live back Of No si5
Franklin street; an blacksmith; lived In PnR-
delphia ten years have known Leis tweDiy-three
years; before APRIL 1865, he was a very upright !
honest man, and attended 10 his family; he was
peaceable, quiet man, so far know; visited hiD
at his house sometimes: I observed his conduct ",
wards mis- wife and children so far knSoniSn knoTi5Snn
was man OF amiable ahd kind dlspositestar
have never heard anything against his et ensr isss
there was 9rea IN O io M ondn't talk TO
me like he did be'ore he spoke Of being w Issu nn M
was ashamed of himself his eyes appetresd n hard'
not Ike they used TO- ne seemed dS,y 20 once he
ana eoudnt say anything .onnsk ~ him
insisted that nobody would 81. SBPis family being 5
ruined ne talked pretty much OF 'H to go m abv e r
he grew worse about ChristmaS time every very time
saw him he was worse: remember the time when
Flier was shot. saw him In the courtroom before
that; few days before the aner we ha1 glass or |
beer together Mai was che last time SAW him. he