Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-14


oRnrUn oouhr-J-.ls. T.l.r..Thl. court con.
timed engaged yesterday With The trial Of the
HrrNAufr. NAcKKr troMu1DH CAST.
Upon The opening q The court Ire talssmsu sum'
oned Yesterday were called Win The following result
eworn-John ". Be9th and DAaiel r. ksal.y
Had formed opinioa. ohriaiinn =. Hniith and Reuben
Ohailsassd ~ dsfonse. wn. Slater. t.I
This hiled up the whole number - fOiiow.i
Pa,det Dec. Jane. liverpool. WIN. n. Barker
Patiok Quifk. WIN II BroNa, Wm. O'Neh, fatkei
Mouiton. oeorro q. ThomAa John u. Tayior, Robert
Bali, John W. Booth and D.nlsi " kesey
The iuroru wsru sworn and the court toot foi
an hour 10 onahla JudEe Fisher 70 ait With the full
besoh In Tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad nuiaanos
Abou, o,oOeL de recs.. concluded, and judge
Flahor rolnmed lho bench. accompanied By Judgs
Hamphreyi, who Il to succeed him At the Gloss Of thu
present term A
me courtroom, speedily alled, the accused IA larr,
number o. Who's friends and associates were In attend
anoel took ha seat his counsel Msasa Richmond
Phillips and A. u. Williams, and tho presenting At
torneya tk their uIna positions on the right Of Tho
NJ. carrinstop opopod Tot tho the Government II,
sumnAry skotehed tho main incidents Of the shooting
and insisted that the proof would show that AZ th'
time o. the ahootlna, tho aocused vas not In danEe
Of death ssri0as bodily harm from tsdsoeassd, ths
ki1inn crime At Law HI H
Mr.. Riehmond opsasd Ter tho defence. He delalIet
RAPIDLY The airce'nslances attsndlnG the homicide
tool place He urged that HolnAuit was hrst struci
hy Maokey and staggered b tho edge Of cellar door
way and that while he upon this edge and In dan
cor Of falling over. MAokey advanced 10 strife him
again aud vaa then Justified By tho laws % God and
man In shooting hin aaaailAnt. f
The prusscution thon called IL witnesses.
Ar. Philips sid that time WAS precious thers
would be no nssd % prove ,hs killing Of the deesas %
ChGriss Grafton Pare Tho testimony Of vitnos. va
eIaet tho sane - rcpor,d 10 this paper tho sotl
Of last month etost that tho witness stated that vhei
Mackey etraok Hslnanlt the staeasrnr Of the latia
brouRht him 70 tho edge Of the cellar door tho pon
70 which he STAGGERED being loft unexplained In III
last examination.
During tho prosssa Of The testimony the District AZ
tornoy asked Tho wlineai vhether tho road 70 III
uiAtionh ouso after tho homicide, tho accused mad
any remark, and what that remark waaf The obiec
beinE 10 psoyo Nv this wtnosa the fact proved By 0aoc
Aldrioh tho inauast that tho accused had after hi
hrrost whom vened By the brother Of the docsaand ai
70 Tho OeSb give tho pistol and All sl,oot hin
toa.'
This question was objected u By Tho doIoaoo on In
ground that this declaration was no part Of the 70
made after the homicide, and In relation b
another party.
M Darlington urged thu, the remart vas Adml.sl
bic A. showing tho anlmus o. the accused
Jndeo F.ahsr hold the question Improper. bosAuas n
Answor would throw no light The issue, which wa
simply whether tho accused could have rotreaiad aAfei
further than be did before no rod the fatal shot
The Characterization 81 Mr.. Page merely elsba
rated details. but gave no now facts.
Tho court thou Adjourusd untll O'Clock this morn
| Ing.
Tho District Attorney having announced that no a.
not intond 20 press for verdict Of iaurar tho ooui
allowed The iuy 10 separate. charging them, houeTe
/ % hold no conservation on tia anbieot Of trial