Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-30
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CRIMINAL COURT. - Nm. Hunter,
,JudGe.-Couft convened yesterday ct the
usual hour and proceeded with the ex-
animation OF the remaining witnesses
for the defense in case dictate VS.. DOran.
j. p. Foster o0ds first called Ggd SiCOTn.
l AN jaiier of shelby county. Know
defendant; he has bsenetopping at my
house since the day OF the homicide /;
when he came to the jsii he was thin
and sickly, not near so we'll as he Is now;
he was complaining OF his hand, ana
had q handkerchief tied around it il
was his right hand. l am familiar With
Smith q Wess )n's patent pistol they
have q metallic cartridge the bail has
three rings on it; (nere the ball FUND
in tie floor and heretofore IN evidence
was shove to witRess) ; this ball has four
rings on it there q cariridgs from the
pistol, which 1t is shown DJfan had at
the time of the homicide, Was d.ssected,
and the ball found to have bu5 thIes
riDgs.)
DR.. Dickinson sUOrn Am q physi-
clan know Dorsn; know be had q Grip
pied hand in January, 1863; had it
wrapped Up; L had not ezsmiasd it
sometime before the difficulty, probably
TWO or three months before.
+. Classics slUoTR.-I am q dealer in
and Ieparer OF firearms / know the
Smiths WessOn pistol tney use g me-
tsllic cartridge the balls all have three
RIGGS around them l don't know Ofsny
pistol having a bali with more than
three rings shot from 3 metsiie car.
fridge ShGrp's bresch-l0sdiDg single
shot pistO! Uses 3 metallic cartridge; the
balls are OF two sizes-Ote o. the same
size as the Smith & Wessol ball and ths
other larger; the Sharp single shot pis-
tol shOOls a ball with four rings; the
fsur- barrel pa ent shoots a bali With
three rings the single shot pistol rs5em
bles at u distance y D-TriDger pistol;
there the ball cut from the floor was
handed tbs Hieness): this is b2iI similar
to those used in & Smith d WessUD pis-
toll 1 should say it had three rings only;
it may have been shot from any pistol
OF the same cAlibsr Us the Smith IL Wes-
son.
Cross eramined.-The single barrel
Sharp uses s paper cartridge thls bal, |
think, came from a metallic cartridge the
indentation in the ball resembling a ring
msy have been made by the bail con-
lug in contact with . hard substance.
Miss Jsnny GOgger sS00Tn.-I rssidsd
on the S:h Of January last on Second
street in Memphis, between Exchange
and Market streets; ! was ct home on
that day; Whitfield first came to my
door and knocked, end asked for DoraD /;
[ told him D0ran wss not up; he then
went to DOrsn's room and knocked, snd
the next thing / heard YVES Whitfield
ask D0ran what he meant by publishing
the card DorAn told him he meant jQ5C
what he said Whit ii then said he mad
come to settle it; DJran told him that
was no place to settle tbs difficulty, that
there were other places to settle such
matters ; Whitfield said no, he was goi0g
20 settle it then / then ran back to my
room and in a fe - seconds heard four shots
| in quick succession L heard some scui-
ding in ths room ia tia corner near the
folding door Whitfield was very much
excited he put his left hand On D0ran's
left shoulder and ais right hand on his
pistol DJFsn then backed toward the
bed Whitfield first put his hand on his
| pistol when he asked DJran what he
meant by the card.
Cross eIGni1ed.-I am a sister of Sue
CampOsli; [ lived in ths west room OF
| the house IN which Whitfield was killed;
it was between 9 and 10 O'Clock l am
not married never was; Doran wss
staying with my sister; no man ever
came TO stay all nighs with me 1T that
house l am now boarding with Nan
McGinnis, 1873 Main street; l suppose il
ls q house of i'll fame; l Ieceive men
there as mSny as / please; l was sick
yesterday too sick co come here; l am
aot very well yet; l have not talked
with BOY sister since 1 was put under the
rules I; 1 never have talked with my sig.
ter about the homicide before / was in
afr1afaA kT fno Tgnrf ~ -. I mao - a
house of Nan McGinnis bsiOTe she moved
to Main street; l have talked with law
yefs about the facts; Whitfield had nc
pistol In his hand ne mad his hand on a
pistol L could nOtteli whether i5 was in
q belt or not; D1rsn had a pistol in his
hand / was standing at the folding
door, did not go into the room at tina
time; Doran had his pistol when he was
backing; l ran back TO the rear OF tbs
house; the firing commenced immsdI
ately; Iclosed the folding door as L let il
/ think / heard four shots; L was on The
back porch when l heard the last shot.
Here the testimony for the defense
closed, and after 9 short consultation de
fendant's counsel announced that they
were ready t. procssd with tie srga
ment. Attorney General phorne theE
opeEei the ase for the State, and wa
followed by Gen. J. +. Sale. Pending
Gen. Sales argument the Court al ourR'
ed. To-day Col. J. S. Kerr will make tbs
opening speech for the defense, upon the
close of Gen. Sales argument.
MUNICIPAL oUBT-Geo. ". WGldrGH
Judqe.-In this Court yesterday th'
Jury in the case Of Coyne VS.. Hsynis
came in and reported that they wer
unable to agree, ~wheieapon they wer,
discharged until this morning. NJ
other business transacted.
To-day the time end attention Of thI
Court will be devoted to hearing and de
termining motions for new trial and ex
executing writs OF IL qusry.
Law CoUkT-H. s.. Lee, Judge
This Court occupid the entire day yester
day In taking further evidence in To
case of Moore. q Go. VS.. Oliver d Co. {
al, continueGl fRer from Wednesday
To. day the testimony will be brought
q close and the argnmtn Mt proceeded will