The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-12


The prisoner at the bar the pale, intel.
lectual looking young man, who had been
accused Of the murder Of old Richard
Crumshaw, at Dorset, looked up quickly
That Is my name, sir, lie said to the
clerk
You have been arrested for the murder
VI Richard Margrave. Are you guilty or
not guilty m
Not guilty was the quick reply.
The clerk entered an endorsement upon
4 paper. ana then turned u the Judge, be-
tween whom aud himself few low words
passed, then the prosecuting attorney came
forward. the luroR leaned forward in an
attitude Of interest and the iudge, straight
eulng himself in his chair, fixed scruti
nilmg look upon the prisoner, and said,
briefly
'ls your lawyer in attendance n
~ have none, your honor
.-A uu Will be allowed to select one now
then.
~ 10 not desire one, your honor.
An expression NJ surprise fitted over the
Judges face
"If yuu cannot afford fee the court will
provide an attorney gratuituusly
III shall attempt NO defence but my own
words was the reply. am innocent,
SIT, ANA ! shall abide the issues If this
trial
4 few moments later, the prehminaries
II the trial having been all arranged and
completed, silence reigned
iii shall open my side Of the case, be
gan the prosecuting attorney, with a wit
ness Who has been ~ affected by the mur-
crr that his evidence will be somewhat
confused ! shall however, simply intro
duce his testimony a. curruhurative evi-
drucr. shall prove IN the course of the
trlal that the prisoner at the bar has been
guilty Of a most atroclous murder, and
that thr object thereof was gam shall
prove that the prisoner disguised himself
after rhy murder and Was Knocked down
ana robbed Ia turn w some person un-
known The first witness I shall call will
be- Mr. Forbes
Nr Forbes came forNa ard from the Wit
ues, Seat.
'Er sworn.
IAr customary prrluIuarles being gone
through With, thr old man Was lnterrogatrd
hy rhy counsel fur the prosecution.
.l mar name l. Mr. Forbes
'' II is. Sir.
W hat Is your occupation
iii have been steward g. Nj CruHshaW
ior nigh uu t. twenty years
"luu See the prisoner
Ave. SIR
lou have seen hIm before
~ have sIr.
..N herr, z"
a. Nj Crum-htu = the night of the
murder
'l. .I Are positive that it l. the same
person
Positive, sir.
'Dtd you nrst see him before or after the
murder
"heiore
.'~tat, VI thr Court the circumstances ii
your hrst Interview with the prisoner
The old mans hand went up, confused
~, tu hiS head, As If the subject Mas pam
mI tu hun Indeed, 81 long vas he silent
that thr lawyer repeated the question.
't.I,r hlu time, Iutcrpused the Judge.
remember began the old man.
slowly, THAT the first tame | SAW the prs
uuer we're al the old house. y here master
werr murdered Ny NIfe let HIM III, ana
give him the time Of night, showing HIM
up the stairs saw his face, a plainly as
See II nov. and Il werr the saline | think
ID were at least
lie paused
Neither the Judge nor the lawyer paid
amy attention to his hesitation. under
standing h"w deeply his mind had been af-
frcted by the murder
That vas the first time | saw him MY
Wife showed HIM up the stairs, and then
came down, telling me he was
sidney Vivian, masters young nephew
from India About two hours after,
went my rounds t. discover # all was right
III the grounds Coming back, | stumbled
over body. Then, ! heard cries Of Muir
der at the house, and | hurried there
Master was murdered | returned to
where the body had stumbled over lay ;
carried it into the house 1t was yonder
man, the prisoner, Sidney Vivian. His
clothes we're changed, and he had around
his neck this. and the old man drew from
his pocket the deadly tUI which had been
removed from the prisoners neck that
night, to which We have heretofore refer
red and which the constable had returned
t. him
=" That is all know but the prisoner is
the same person who was alone with my
poor, dead master the night Of the murder ~
A few cross questions were put to the
witness, and then his wife was called and
sworn.
She detailed all she knew Of the murder,
briefly, comprehensIvely. The prisoner at
the bar was the young man who had an
swered to the name Of Sidney Vivian.
He, alone, was the only visitor Of Mr..
Crumshaw, on the night Of the murder,
and he could have left the house only by
means of the window, proof Of itself Of
his guilt.
WereIthere any valuables Of money
missing p
y Yes When Mrs Forbes entered the
room, 50 she testified, " she observed her
master counting large pack age Of bills.
These and some valuable papers were miss
ing
Then, followed the evidence Of the driver
who had conveyed the nephew Of old Rich
ard Crumshaw to the house Of his uncle
And then the prosecution rested its side Of
the case
Details Of trials are tedious, and that for
the trial of the murderer Of old Richard
Crumshaw was no exception to the general
ihl6. lHC prosecuting NWCit ipi
clbly upon the fact of Sidney Vivian being
the murdered mans nephew If his hav-
ing been tempted by the sight Of the old
mans money, and, then, after reviewing
the testimony which had been offered,
closed with an appeal to the jury todo their
duty, aside from any personal prejudices
against the assassin Of their fellow towns
man, Mr. Crumshaw
" Iou have heard, gentlemen Of the
jury, said the Judge, tersely, I the evi-
dence against the prisoner at the bar. Evi-
dence IT has been, not circumstantial or in
farential, but positive and incontrovertible.
The penalty Of the law cannot be evaded
by a confession, yet, under the shadow of
the scatfold, you, prisoner at the bar,
turning and directing his conversation to
wards him, -" may be moved to confess
your guilt