The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-15

Turpin had been established before The coupi
as good, and the prosecution did not attempt
n aG ,tm ne " They could but render yer
Mr. Mefrick, coiinsci for the accused, aroac
and stated TO the jury. Tint there was differ
ehce De'ween civil and crimlnaI csses, and he
went on to give illustrations d these differ
cnees at considerable length In rrferrinr IA
ne homicide, hesaid he asked no mercy, And
nm ms, learned a, brother tthe Disttiet Attorney
Tor he did not ask for that, for the worst pu n
lshment they could infiot upon the prisoner
vas to Let him go free WIN the knowledge
m,inder Of his iife for this accident. lie then u
referred to, the question OF intetent, and said
unless they could feel In their own hea IA
a repugnanee of conscience. Take ali Tho
| facts and all the circumstances surrounding
this case, and, as men, they could not md him
Mr.. Merrick then read the Indictment, and
said tho language contained therein was &c r.
tsiply not meant by the District Attorney,
nat sFsn ses length that the homoas was
Turpin c9rimitted the Homicide, he did 1t with.
out moral intent, which is essential to constI.
tute n criminal act. Ir.r
MIR. Merriek contended that the exclamation
uttered by the accused, "By God i've killed
him." was An expression simply OF amazement
At having committed the fatal act. 1t was
equivalent to the words, My God, I've killed
The judge. again retired from the bench, the
ar was so closet and 1t haying become dark In
SDa ts were far1'hed the
Mr.. Merrick said, moved by an impulse of
humanity, accused, as drunk as he was, al
most unsblc, himself, to stand up, stopped
was evident there was no design, no purpose
to shoot, on the part of the prisoner, and CON
sequently no guilt. Would they contine the
believe It, for they fccoiiected, doubtless. The
remarks Of the Honorable Judge, that, il
they had aNst TO
eide, they were bound to acquit. Witness
here testified to the unquestionable character
Of Turpin. He did not ask the mercy of the
jury. He demanded their mercy.
The District Attorney, MIR. Darlington, arose
and opened his Argument by saying, that the
opposing counsel had not answered single
one Of his arguments In their addresses to the
jury. They seemed to be intent on giving the
evidence another import and to create feel
ing OF sympathy among the Jurors. The work
Of ssGSng t ms man Of Turde5 would be AZ
but consider the case by the evidence. They
should perform their bounden duty. Every
witness testified to the fact that tho accused
had been nourlshing a deadly weapon, and
that but few moments afterwards he was
standing over the corpse Of his victim. And
he Threatened Just before that that he meant
to Kill somebody. He was arrested and bull
let's were found In his possession which Mr..
Peabody, the locksmith, testified were OF the
same mold rs were those taken from the brain
-,
unjust, even BY innuendo, to attempt to shift
the responsibility OF death on Dubant, one OF
the witnesses.
accused fired with his elbow resting against
his side, which would produce Just such a
wound as the one described BY the doctor. He
then went 90 to show that Il was necessary
that the Jury should consider the fact OF being
drunk At the time OF the homicide, and the
prisoners previous character. and they would
hnd that A., these were not Of such nature as
ating circumstances In this case. The charac-
ter OF the circumstances attending the shoot
Ing could not be construed as favoring the
AT oIo. p. IN. the case was submitted to the
jury, and they retired to their room for DELHI
GRAFTON. ,r--.--,
were present during the evening, waited In Inc
courtroom awhile for the verdict.
At 10 O'Clock the jury returned and rendered
a verdict q guilty OF n,anslaughter," but
The Judge thanked the jury for their faith
full attention during the trial, and then ad-
journed the court to 10 a. m. to-day. It Is ex-
pected that no business will be done then, but
that the court will be adjourned to-day one
week.
The prisoner WAS rcmanded to Jail, and will
-
A Very SUDDEN DrArH.-Mr. Thos. Ma.
gins, an usher at the Patent Once, died very
oelosS Hs aerivsd of the o sSog nbo iSS
O'Clock, from his boarding house, near the
Baltimore depot, took a seat in chair for A
few minutes, after which he got up and leaned
he somc nS tho inmsfns that sanoth,no ~.
the matter with him They inHnired ~ MIN
what was the matteT' when he endesyored ht tn
sneaL but was unahie 10 do 40 I'hcy .e,tcJ
him in a eb air and called in Drs W ~ TIiIo"
ana frank WiImarth' who fonni him In n a..
Inr contiition' and he expircd In |, fe,y M
ments, making but one struggle. These gen.
tIemen IacIda3 tbat tho Jocssscd 80 ~ trshI.
dca IN from fhe affects of tbc am nd aroo tho
exsessive nae of ardent snirits in tho mani ''s
Gentleman who boarded with the deceased in.
forms us that he mad been eompieininS fnr
some time, but he was more cheerful M hresI
fest vesterdSy tSan usual Ana epne,reS NJ ~
in good spIrits when Starting fof the offlee'
Mr. Mag,na ,vas a resIIant ~ yUiiminatnn
Delaware, where he leaves one dauahter.s who
il going 10 schooi He wss bighis nSn.a,aS
and Kent A drug store in the above. "a oitS
at the time OF The bresiiue out Of The iatee
war. when he eniisted in tfe ootb Rerimsnt
Pennsyiyania Eationai. Guards. nndeT Cant
John A, Durany and aeryed a. mrivaI"in'
the snme nntil Rc iost bIs right arm in hsttia
after which he aervcd ont His tIme of cniist
an honorable discbarge, He was employed Al
the Patent Office about four montEs since.
and died at the age of about forty.e eight Years
ssntSy SompnSV ' visited the Pstsn, q d me
and learned the above facts; also that de.
Al snen.sd with ana hoav nj ~ ~ was
of cnrnorstinn mnanrt.Lo' p,u III, IL ontLBe
ii is nrnneriv bnrioI ""' "''i 'ee 'ha'
about D. M, Detective McDeyltt, while stand,
Ing In front OF the American house, near the
corner OF seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue, noticed Albert Mckinney, eolored,
passing down Seventh street with bolt OF
cloth under hts arm. He asked him where he
was going with 1t, and he replied very indepen-