Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-07

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| photographs Of her,-closing up every avenue
about her-mag CINE any woman subjected to such
| espionage, watched as she has been-and let me
ask of you-llow many would come out with no
| indescretiun shown on her part.
| Adjourned at 6 o'clock.
EIGHTH DAY-TrESDAY.
! The hour to which it had adjourned
having arrived, the Court came in; the jury
were in their seats, and the prisoner was i'll
his accustomed PLACE.
The number of spectators in attendance was
much smaller than usual, owing, doubtless,
to the unpleasant state of the weather.
Mr.. Libbey arose and said May it please
your Honor, l deem it my duty to correct
statement of the Attorney General made yes
terdsy; thought would not interrupt him
at the time. but that would take the oppor-
tunity to correct him this morning. In his
account of the reason why Hoswell tore up
his wife's clothes in July, understood the
Attorney General to say that Mr.. Hoswell tes-
tilted that after seeing DR.. Thompson he was
satisfied; and that what he did after was done
from bad motiye-from pure malice. did
not understand the evidence in that way; |
have the Official report of the testimony which
| will read. The testimony was read.
! Mr.. ReedIf your Honor pleases and Gen
tlemen of the Jury-lf l state to you any
facts, you must not take my statement mere
! lyon must take your recollection OF 1t as 1t
occurred. l shall not willfully, and think
that have shown you by my conduct in this
trial, that l shall not, intentionally. distort
evidence, or state what has not occurred. ]
have stated the matter as understand it.. If
you understand it differently, then it is your
| Judgment. not mine, nor that of the counsel
on the other side, which is to govern you in
your decision in this case. pass over this
correction. think that what | have stated
! is the legitimate and correct inference and re-
suit of Hoswell's testimony upon the stand,
and of the testimony which is before you;
judge ye.
At 9.35, Mr. Reed the Attorney General,
resumed his closing argument for the prose-
cuton.
He briefly reviewed the ground which had
been gone over at the time of adjournment,
the previous evening, and continue as fol-
lows:
desired at the time of adjournment to call
your attention to this ridiculous defence. The
counsel for the deferce are obliged, as
matter of course. to present that defence
which they deem the most effective. This it
is right for them to do. If they did not they
" ould not be doing their duty to their client.
Now, while all this scripture was being read
to you, l make no doubt that it may have &C.
man more given to searching the scriptures
than you had supposed before; but, gentle
men of the jury, this part of his deteuce was
all made before. This is not the first time
that the livery of heaven has been "stolen to
serve the devil in" On the pages of report
of the Sickles trial, find all the scripture
authorities that have been cited in this case.
They are set out at full length; they COM
mence with the story of Abemalech, and quote
from Deuteronomy, 22d chapter, 22d verse.
They go on further, and tell you of Amnon
ravishing lamar. and of Absalom inficting
upon him the punishment of death. Gentle
men, when he had finished the Sickles trial,
he showed you to what high station Mr.. Sick
les had arrived; but when he came to des-
cribe the case of Tamor, not a word about the
future history of Absalom did you get. He
didn't tell you how Absalom was pierced
through with darts he didn't tell you how his
evil purposes had led HIM from one thing to
another until the king, who had forgiven his
crime and kissed him, was made the subject
of his wicked, traitorous and rebellous pur
suit. And yet you are asked to justify the
conduct of a man who is compared with Alb
solom. All those things are left out; all
those things are not presented for your con-
sideration only the very few points in which
this case, by any force of imagination, could
be made to connect with the Sickles trial.
were presented for your consideration.
Now, gentlemen, desire your considera-
ton upon this subject. ask you whether
your better feelings-whether your nobler in
stincts- believe that the revealed will of God
should be used to justify and sanctify muir
der? This thing is presented to you, not up
on the facts of this case, but upon facts of
cases widely different; and you are asked to
stretch your minds, to turn your consciences,
until you make the defence which is set up in
the case-even case like this. Where is
this matter to end? Is this Court to be under
+ a reign of violence? Have we no laws? Are
they not to protect men! BY their own state
ments, and by the facts of the cases in every
State where these things have occurred, there
, has been no law against adultery. thank
God that that re proach does not exist in New
England!
, Mr.-Libbey. beg your pardon.
, MIR. Reed.-In the Sickes case, Mr.. Ora
| ham, counsel for the prisoner, states tina,
/ there is no punishment by the laws of the dis
5 trict for the crime of adultery. In the Man
, ming case in England, which was cited to You
by the learned counsel, who has just in
t terrupted me-in that case there was nc
? punishment for adultery, and l have the
f counses own statement Tor it.
> Mr.. Libbey The correction was that there
} is statute against adultery in some of the
States.
2 Mr. Reed--I do not so understand it, gen
tlenien.
, The Court.-Adultery is no crime in New
! York.
/ MIR. Reed-Preciscly so. The statement
e which l make is a correct one, gentlemen
f Now, you will remember the signs attending
this trial. There are circumstances connect
y ed with it which are suitable for your con-
sderation. They have occurred before you
6 and you have right to take them into con-
G sideration.
n After my brother Pillsbury had discussed
I the various statements which were made al
g the opening by the government, Of which no