Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-29
THE COURTS,

CRIMINAL COURT. - YIN. HlfHteT,
Enthusiastically court convened at the
usual hour snG inms distely proceeded
with the examination of the witnesses
for the State in the DOrRn S Before
inserting the evidence taken yesterday,
we publish the remainder Of COi. Whit
Fl :ld's testimony, given in on Tuesday,
and which was necessarily omitted in
yesterdays issue, which is IS follows
rhe hole made in the folding-d0Or indi-
Gated that the ball was shot from 6 point
near the fireplace, in the east room, and
ranged downward at an angle of shout
fOrty-five degrees; in the 6sst room tue
lipe ofdireetiOn in which the b al seemed
to have come rsised to 8 hight Of q
msnls head about seven or eight feet
from the door; in the wSst l found
an indentation in the floor, which
seemed to have been made by the same
bali after passing through the door, and
the range OF the bsll would indicate that
it struck about that point; l an some
what familiar with the use If firearms,
having .bean in the Confederate army
some Iour years; l Do not think g pistol
ike this one. used in beating q mao on
the head, could possibly explode more
than once, sad then only when the
chamber immsdistsly under the ham
msr is losded; for 2 pistol to explode
more than once in this way would be e
very unu,u3l occurrence cav no other
bullet hCls "a about the room bus the two
mentioned heIs.1fore.
Cross eEGmiaCd.-TGe rapgs Of 1.-THE ball
in the door WIS downward the linden
tu.e was near two feet from the door
there might have been other shots FREQ
ia the room and | not see any iDd;ca-
tons, SIS the bullets mig 1t havs lodged
10 the furni ure in the rUJm.
D. Water, architect, wss first intro
ducsd on the stand snd examined, and
explained to the jury the disgram Of the
rooms heretofore exh Iiod.
O. Williams St5OTr. - ] am a gunsnaithi
there a pistol waa handed Titnessl this
l. g Smith &c Wes5on pistol / should
Judge it had never been used to any
great extent; 1t might have been shot
of once or twice in using 1t as a CLUB il
could not possibly explode more than
orce.
Hume F. Hill sl0oTR.-I was che Of The
Justices who tTisd the case of Whitfield
| Va. D1ran in January last DJran was
there the trial was the day before the
killing Of Whitfield D0ran was angry
So every one is who loses q suit ct Law
he was excited 1 don't know what he
said.
Or. Otey recalled L extracted a bal
from the body of the deceased l have
lest the hsIl and cannot find it it was q
small, coDioal bali.
Here tho testimony for the State
| closed, ard that Of the defense opened by
introducing j. A. Jungle, who, bsing
sworn. testified as fJllows:
Ireside at l3I Sso0ud street; lived
there in January, 1867 on the esh Of
January l was called by Maj. Moore to
90 no stairs, that MI. W0ithsld was il
| frcubie when 1 got up s.sirs l saw Do
ran standing in the door between two
rooms; before Msj. Moore called me ]
heard some noise up stairs, which
sounded like q struggle Oftwo persons;
besrd the noise of struggle before any
shot was fired Ibid not Pay mu, b atten'
ton to Il, IS I didn't know hat wa
going on 1t is not likely q shot would
Be fred without my hearing it I heard
no shot until / reached head CT steps
went al soon as Moore called me | wen