Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-12
LIFE FOR LIFE.
Conviction of the Murderer

s, NJ, OheesemAn was again resumed yester.
day morning, the wife and child N Of the &C.
oused being again present with hI.I In court
Witnesses were introduced as follows;
Mrs. Mary white was sworn, and testified
that the accused was very ulok at her hOuse-in.
sensible during the past season.
Peter Maginnls testined that on one ocoa sion
Wood was very sick In his hack and insensibe.
The defence here closed, and the prosecution
Dr. ]. NJ. Morgan testified a. 10 attending
Wood when no had the ht at Second and
streets; that his nervous system was entirely
prostate, owing In great part to liquor, but not
entirely 80. lie showed on one occasion when
witness visited him amer he had been on a spreo
an abnormal condition, and whom witness spoke
to him about drinking he became Insulting.
Witness took his hat and len the room, and
never went back until Wood apologlEed,
r. Fowler testified that his general reputation
Is decidedly against him for fighting, 40, when
drunk. He has the reputation Of being an hon.
est man,
was that when he was Intoxicated he was ad.
dioted to violence and brOis, but that whom he
was sober he was gentleman.
HarnetG Woods general reputation for peace
and good order Is bad. Witness never had any
trouble with hlm.
MIR. Riddle. Then your memory must be very
bad.
Nj. PottIi; witness knew Woods reputation
was very bad; many cOlored people had told him
they could not work for the fcO COMPANY on &C.
count Of him
MI, Harrington. We close here, your Honor.
Judge Humphreys Proceed with the argu.
mont
TnE ARGUMENT or THR cAeR.
Mr.. Harrington said that he should not dis.
ouss the facts which were before the Jury at any
great length, for, like Mr. Riddle no felt that
anything he could say would not be worth say
ing twice, lie would ask the court 10 instruct
the Jury that II Wood in his sound mind hrel
the gun either 70 lniuro OhoesemAn or to iniuto
any one else, or wantonly and not caring what
he did, he Is guilty Of murder That drunken.
ness, 50 Tar rum being an excuse, 10 an
aggrAVatlon Of crime, In some cases evidence
Of intoGicatlon had been introduced TO contradict
the presumption Of malice
But Il was only In those States which admit
tod two degrees Of murder that such evidence
was alloWodi none such could be allowed here.
But he would contend that tho facts showed
that Wood was not Intoxicated At the time Of
the homicide, He was fully able 10 attend to
business, To talk about the matter, and % 90 TO
the station. house like sober man, This was
all he would present In the case,
FRANcls MILLER FOR THR DEFEHCh
Francis Miller opened the case tor the de-
fence. He urged the Jury 10 receive the argu-
mentI OF the counsel, not as the labored efforts
Of partisan adyocAtes but 10 look At what was
said on Its merits, rememb boring that all doubts
of the Jury apd oNch doubt Of an Individual
lu,or must be cast In favor Of the accused. II
jurors doubted, 1t would not DO right for tho
would show that doubt existed and would war.
rant tho acquittal Of the accused.
Mr., NJ. then proceeded to examine The evil.
Hst t ao snVriuh 'nht 'up o2hultign " nOOu
him not merely I1!0xiSa,Ion, but long amer the
In an abnormal condition, With nerves unstrung,
features distorted, teeth olenohod, and all the
reason OF the man gone from him. II would DO
impossible TO trace this disease irOm his Snces.
tots,for he came from across tho ocean years ago.
but the testimony shows that the same disease
has broken out In his little boy, nov there in
his fathers arms, and the little lad often
suffered from hts similar In character. After
further examination of tho eViu0nFe MIR NJ
concluded with warm appeal to the Jury on
behalf Of the accused aud bis family.
MR. RIDDLE ron THE DEFEHCE.
Mr.. Riddle 10 opening adTertOd to the anom-
ally which human law presents He said, 1t
Is curious thing, ho way society Wreaks Its
vengeance upon the weakest OF It's children and
calls Il the administration Of justice" lie drew
a picture OF boy born with hereditary tonden.
Giles 70 evil frOWned down by society BY reason Of
MS iriendlessness, and how when thrown into
lcct OF him." He spoke With much feeling, and
reviewed the testimony at length as showing
In n mSoa VIZ Suoleet 70 a9cILations o. mind,
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