Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-12-14
Court PfoG9aGn rs.

JEFFERSON, Dec. H.
! EhNr CfHc 'Ur"Jh.- Innr readers hay,
Ion" since read the verdict, Oj second degree
ia the case ol JJhn llpus l. His sentence
though not yet prnnuuiC"a in up"n court, buI
being pres rEihcd hy law, will ne for LIE, al
hard ltlnr. in Ihc pcuilrn'iury. Ny last letter
Clostd Ncuh s,iIy last, when all were anXinus
with cApVEiHncy, us lu what va Id he seen on
the MORROW ALlh coming it, of Court Thurs
'lay nIjrnln., Mr.. Shurm II. arsss, and rs h,
>"id, ad Ii - ii the .hiry under great emhIrns
mrn', # IN thc great b;Ir l.!y of r"sDpuIibilily
which rested upnA him buI AFTER un, hour lie
asked The ial'l gcncr Ol tIc CIurt, sIyinL he
was unWcIl, nad unable To proceed. The casr
was then continued nnlil Mr. Sherman should
be ab!a TO go on with his rrgum,.ni ,.hr, having
taken cold and heug exhausted with constant
labor during every day OF the term needed
rest On Friday morning. he appeared incouri
much rcir shed, ana IT rtsumrd his ~ Tumcnt,
and f.r four hoIrs held lha crowd TINT Ibronr.
cd the courtroom, cnchnnrd with his clio,
quouCc and touching sentences Dccl ~innaly
might he seea Tive cars of sympathy trickling
ii lwn thn Glrch 0t sUwc bysland r. Few who
have MOI heard Mr, sherman, can appreciate
his great po"crs in defending u criminal when
his symp ithI,s s are fully enlisted
Ia the anCrlOon Mr.. Norfhway followed
with clear, able and learned argum mt occu-
pyng the entire time until after five in the
evening. MIR N0rhway's argument was n
great credit 10 himself and lhe bar. During
The cmlrc afternoon Tie Court room was
crowded 10 iIs.utmost capacity. \ large num-
her OF ladies' were prra mt. Immediately after
the conclusion OF Mr., Nnrihway, Judge Can
drld proceeded, amid brrAlhlrss. silence to
read his charge 10 the jury, whrn, under the
care oi the Shcriil, thcS retired 10 deliberate
upon verdict. Al eight O'Clock the Jury
came into Court agreed. The prisoner was
brought in, aud in the meantime the Court
room was filed with sp,ctHnrs To i,rarr the
reading Of the verdict which was,read, find.
ing John ll0ustl guilty OF murder in the SEC
ond CesIcc. The prisoner listened TO the read
ing OF The verdict unm0yrd. After the read
Mg, the prisoner was taken back TO iail. The
crowd lril the Court room and all was quiet
agaiG. Yet those who Witnessed the whole
rial, saw the impannclliDs of the Jury and
their commitment, MS II were, for two weeks.
and hcHnl he,i, simony, tie arguments. the
charge, and III last the solemn finding of twelve
men on the iutnre'ot u man charged with the
commission Of the highest crime known TO our
laws, will not snon iurget it,.
The cXpcnsr Ot this case 10 the State will
be about .2,O000O. The Orwell Honey Case
(lS II Is callCd) Is case against John Clark
and Frank +. Creascr, for stealing l8S pounds
of honey, and John +, Ely for aiding and
abetng The same. Ely WAS acquitted, and
CLARK, who had laid IN Jail since the commits.
sion OF the ollcnse, and Creaser, entered. min
thor own recOgnizancc in the sum of 800 90
Next came Adaniah Mitcham, u boy OF rs
years, of the notorious Milcham family, inIict-
cd lor stealing watch, and sentenced by the
Court TO ten.day'S imprisonment in the County
Jail and that he nay a fine OF $1,000, and re-
store To the owner of the watch ITS value (;
which WAS assessed hy the jury al $500
On Monday morning the ROSA Sylvia case
came on for hearing. The only feature oI in
lcresl In this case was her testimony, given as
1t was, in her broken English, and the deep
feeling she evinced at The death OF her brutal
husband, excited not little sympathy from
those who witnessed her, despite her usual. OF.
lenslye appearance. The jury, after an all
nights session, brought In their verdict ON
Thursday morning, finding Rosa sylvia guilty
OF manslaughier WhtreupOn, Mr.. Kali, one
OF The counsel Tor the defense, gave notice OF
motion ior new trial. The sentence in this
case, though not yet given, is for from one 10
ten years in the penitentury, at the discretion
OF the Court ~