Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-04
THE W1LWORTH TRT1T
YOUNG WALWORTH FOUND GUIITv
OF MURDER IN THE SECOND
DEGREE.


NEW YORK, July AFTER defining ms-
der in the first and second degrees, Judo.
Davis said Whatever the deceased, s--
pearance toward the world. his charae-s,
as shown by the evidence before them H.
wards his wife and children was de-piclbs
beyond seriptiOn-accOrding TO evidence
he said, for they could not have the TO-
ceased before them 10 explain the letter. ID
they were capable of explanation. h..
jurors must remember that all men wLs-.
ever, without regard 10 their moral .-
physical characters, their habits or desert.
were equally under the protection Of h.
law The wild notion that they might Omen
the grave of the deceased to show that be-
was 80 bad he ought to die must be entire.
discarded.
The court then read from a charge
Judge Munsel, that testimony Of the BAL
character OF a deceased person could not be-
regarded a. any justification for his lel,r
The lOwliest men were under the projection
of the law, with the highest in tht aaI
1t may be that WalwOrJh was unfit % .ga
but the Judge to determine that did ul- --
in this seat OF in that jury box, the DOL.
one to determine that was the A.m.-t..
and Omniscient Judge. The dc'ea..
were twO-iOld, first, that the prisoner Was
dL LlAt AAlAt AL>ilts -tNNlll. AllLL me- 'H|.
in self-deience. The second he proceeded o.
consider first and warned the jury that rha-s
no such crime known to law as particle
matricide or fratrNide, however We. Gle
names might be used in common c0nye-,t-
ton, nor was this court to take into cone
>ideration the laws of ancient Greece .-
Rome or China, where special laws Were
enacted for the punishment of those who
killed their parents. In the eyes Of the aw
this crime was homicide, and was no greater
than the killing Of a stranger. Therefore
the same rules are to be adopted as in tl.
trial for the killing of a person other than
his father. and the prisoner Is entitled 10 The
sane consideration In regarding the que--
ton ofju-tifcati5l.
His honor charged. however, that the
jury should not regard the fears which the
prisoner entertained for the lite of his
mother. they could not be regarded a. any
Justification OF his crime that they shogH
only regard those fears which were per
~onal. The law did not make iJ a ju~tihca-
ton when the killing was done through
fear that the life Of another was in danger
They could, however, consider whether -.a
fear that his mother life was in danger
did not give point % the fear which be- e.-
tertained for his own life. ON the mee-a-
on. lhe morning OF tht 81 OF y uue-
Tia VERDICT.
Judge Davis concluded his charge atL4t
past four, having occupied a little IE.-
three hours in its delivery, whereup0u rae
jury retired. The prisoner was then -.-
moved into an adjoining room, where -
friends surrounded him and awaited
verdict. At o-3j the jury returned o.
court and Judge Davis was sent for. Nl
his arrival the roll was called and the JUS
were asked if they had agreed on ye-l..-
The foreman answered. I'VE Mvs ve
find the prisoner guilty Of murder ll ts
second degree. The silence which Vas
preserved from the entrance Of the jury Dee
NAMED unbroken for several minutes AFTER
he verdict. neither the prisoner nor
friends uttering d word. Mr.. O.t.r-
hen whispered a word to Judge D-F-
Who announced thar be would suspend she
ence until saturday morning, az halt ll--
en-. The prisoner was then removed @. che
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