The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-01-21


JANUARY CRIMINAL TERM-GoDDARD, j., PREsIr-
THURsDAY.-State VS.. William Logan. Indicted
at this term for the murder OF John Mccarthy at
Standsh on the 18th of December. 1862
The time assigned tor the trial having arrived the
Court directed the prisoner to be brought in and
placed at the bar.
The Clerk then proceeded 10 empannel the jury.
The names Of the jurors, thirty-eight in number,
were p iced in the box and thoroughly mixed. The
names were then drawn from the box. The right Of
challenge was not exercised on either side. and only
one juror drawn from the box was excused, Benja-
min Sanborn, OF Cumb srland, who said that be had
forme an opinion in regard TO the guilt or innocence
of the accused The following ia the inry as emran-
neled:-Jobn A. Briggs. Freeport OTIS PuriDgton,
Gorham; Charles L. Milliken Scafb0ro; Joel Berry,
Standish; Charles II. Blanchard, Cumberland; AL
bert Hicks, Falmouth; Obadiah II Whitney, Wind
ham; Horace Brewer, Freeport: George y. knight,
Falmouth; William Thompson, Brunswick; Samue.
8. Warehouse, G'rbam William Atkinson, Brups-
WICK. Tho Court appointed John A. Briggs Foe
man.
The case is conducted On the part of the Govern
ment by County Attorney Webb, and for the accused
BY james o'DonnelI, Esq appointed by the Court.
The Connts Attorney then opened the case briefly,
stating that the Government expected to satisfy the
irv that this Is of m der In thu first degree
William B. Cob call,d by the Government and
testified as ioows:-Reil lie in Standish, and an
practicing physician; on Friday night, the 18th Ct
December last, at II o'clock, called to see one
Johu Nc artby; found him lying ny the stove in
an unconscious con uition his extremities very d.
his breathing stert rous blowing OF the cheeks and
little Inclined to snore bis pulse was exceedingly
regular, beating. however, flu i; arteries seemed
f,und IN ,nninip aion Iatient was yery
bloody and [ washed him up and und wound
over the right eye two inches long, extending dow
part OF the way to III bone and part of the way re
to tho bone, bur could not detect anv fracture
thar tim because tue bone was continued br oken
In fragments aud remained in pace, so that there
was no re depres ion; after probing The wound and
ascertainfng ii there was any depression, dressed
the Wound; di not then discover any Other
wounds about the head; attempted TO give him
swallow Of waer, bat be wound blow it ont as
could put it in his mouth: 1 could not arouse him
In the least; lett him about oc ock was with
him the next morning, ABOUT O'Clock I should
jud re; be still alive but his condition had not
changed much, except tn t his pulse was growing
feeble, and, as thought, death was approa ching
quite rapidly; the post mortem was conducted by
Drs. Foster and Gordon; was present; T. was on
the body of the individual whom was called to see;
fore; when was drst called to see him he had every
appearance OF man that was in an ap pletic state
had pressure On the brain; at the post morem ther
found icture of the skull the lett ride; 1t c.
tended from the medal line downward and some
what TO W ird to The frontal BONE about four inches;
1t was a very clean fracture indeed; the anterior
meningial artery ruttured whore it Gro sed the
fracfure it this fracture not exactly al
right angles bu. obique'y; portion ofthe SKULL was
removed and there found a large clot OF blood
laying in the brain in the cereb ,llum; 1t came from
this ruptared artery as re cot as very firm about
this, showing 1t came from there; the cond ton 10
which we found him sustained the symptoms mani
tested when was called to him; We d not fnc any
other c,use for the symptom it Is my OF inion that
death was caused by the rupture of the artery, eu
sion OF blood and compression of the brain; there
was O slight brn SO on the scalp on the right hind
side that lid not notice when I was first called;
should hardly thi that fracture was in such po-
sti tn at 1t conid have boon produced by a mans
falling from his feet and riking On his head