The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-02-09
An tmnortant ,Inr.ler Trial.


An Important Murder Trial.
We copy the following from the
Pittsburgh Gazette, of the 4th inst:
The trial of DIR. Neville, in Phila-
deiphia, charged with the; murder of a
little child, terminated by his, being
acquitted on Saturday morning. The
jury rendered verdict without leav-
ling their seats This case was impor-
tant in the calender of trials for mur.
der, because of the peculiar nature of
the testimony. Three witnesses of
the Commonwealth pointed out Ne
vile as the man they had seen throw
the box containing the child into the
water. They were perfectly disinter-
ested, We're not preJadieedby passion
or anger, and beyond all question full
,ly believed that Neville was the man
they had seen. They described the
horse the man was driving, the car
riage in which he was riding, and the
description was in the main correct
They swore positively to the man
himself, and had no hesitation in do
ing SO. at5 lll1,f7s ~. .i5i
l On the other hand DIR. Neville pro-
duced testimony showing conclusive
ly, that they could not have seen him.
He accounted in the most minute man
ner for the whole day, and convinced
every one that the three witnesses for
the Commonwealth were mistaken.-
so conclusive Yves his proof that the
Press almost as a unit rejoiced over
his acquittal, and expressed positive
opinions of his entire innocence of the
charge. H5lGsi lifl sra el.5 z7Hlo9 u,
These two facts, the positive testi-
mony of the Commonwealth, and the
conclusive proof on the part of the
defence, cannot fail TO raise: in the
mind of every thinking man very.
grave query. Neville. is undenb tedly
innocent-but what would have been
his fate, had he been unable, c ither
through the absence of witnesses or
any other cause, to prove his where
about during that day. He would
have been none the less innocent, but
the result might have been far differ
ent. Itisi not often {. man can find
proof to trace his steps in that way,
indeed itvery rarely happens. Three
disinterested witnesses swearing pos
itiReiy to a man unless he could pro-
duce such proof as Neville did, would
convict him and yet like Neville, he
might be entirely free from guilt. =
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Senate of the Indiana Legis-
lature has paesed a resolution by a
vote of 26 to 20, declaring that the So
called Fifteenth -Amendment,5to the
Federal Constitution was never lel
gallYo ratified by the Legislature of
that State, and that the same is null
and void, and of no binding effect
whatever, and asking Congress to call
a Convention of all the States to re-'
wise the Constitution of the United
States. The, resolution was intreduc-
ed by Hon. James Hughes, who was
elected dy the Republicans, but who
has severed his connection with that
party. and now acts with the Democrl
faey'o1 q nagi.dnq5.i e 2nil2349 mo
THE New York Tribune has an
elaborate article, the gist of which
is sztthat the negroes as negroes
should vote for the Republican ticket
because the Democrats opposed their
voting at All, and they obtained the
ballet throughdhe influence of the Re-
publican Organization. Admitting
the logic to be Well founded, can the
| ,T5i6u1ae tell us. why all naturalized
citizens should not vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, for if it had not been for
the Dem ocracy, the naturalization
10
.l854-5 by the opposition party. If,
on the premises cf the Tribune, the
negroes should vote for the Radicals,
the foreigners should go against them.
NATIONAL REGIsTRATIoN.-Th he bold
est step stheqRadicals have made late
ly,1 was that of bill introduced in
the United States Senate a few days
ago by Mr: Edmunds, under the high
sounding title of asfA bill to preserve
the purity of elections, and guard
against abuses of the elective fran
-chise," which proposes, to. virtually
take the registration of voters out of
the hands of the States and place iti
under Federal control. It provides
that all registers of elections shall be
appointed by United States Marshals.
1t is thought the bill will be acted on
by Congress at the present session
By the time the Radicals have finished
their work of Capitalization, the
States, which created the Federal
Government, will have about as much
power and influence as mere counties
and townships in the regulation of
their internal affairs They will have
no rights which these Radical des-
pots feel bound to respect. - =
:, affifI De1ano, Cameron g. Coil ~
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