The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-09

fore, there 1sa ho msiie95Ih thg hssst q
either. But when Caldwell rushed IN
the room, in menaeipe Rstitude; he 'esw
that he must kill him IS dafepd siihiS6If:
Counsel constituted to:ihoR how TdppSf }
part in tho trsgedyrwss! in, asll-defeuce,
both by law aud the evidence. He ire.
qtentty aH1ded to Morgan Gas pri16
lighter. gladiator. ring 66ampion, victor
OF the amphitheatre, 10. ,5peakingl Of
Judge Melton, Mr. Tradewelll said:
60. Melton! Meltoni What have you
done7 You have rnade' a. loving
wife widow; yopi have made her help:
less chifdyan fatherldH; ypn have made
the: :hUnH Of ths dear old hind uuthur
OF the decreased desolation and q ruin,
with no more light in her: heart than in
her, ,sighhessr aye.balla You have broken
the heart Of the aged mother Of tho pri.
soner.. leaving it . dreary waste Of wos;
wounded to death the spirit OF tho wife
OF hls atteoeione, and covered the sweet
bright lives of:his little onea with night
.; sosro", which no sunshine OF their fu.
ture. however resplendsnt, will ever dis.
pei, You have dishonored the erhine
with which your country entrusted yon.
You have beiouled, the Judgment seat OF
the law to which your country t;romoted
yon, and rivan the. heart Of -Yonf people
with pesilent bolt oil stained With
: guilty blood. Counsel concluded by say
ing that the defence rested on the evi-
dence and principles Of law; which; could
he gather them al IN one torrent Of elo-
quehoe,' he, would pour il upon theeours
apd TIE jp.y.. TO shov the iusti idcation Of
q averdict Of, aequiital. -, - : 49, =: s-
Gen. NJ. O.. Butler followed Oapt.
Tradewell on the same side. He said
that the case had been narrowed down to-
one Of two things-ranrder Or killing in
aet. defence; and he proposed TO- satisfy
the jury that this killing was an :aoi OF,
eelf-defence,' not by the law only, but by
the facts as sworn TO by tho witnesses
Qpon. the stand. He then snmmsd tip;
the testimony, and read extracts from
authorities 20 sustain the pssa OF the
prisoner. Fhe right OF seli-defence' is
founded In nature, and cannot be- regu-
lated by law or society. The peoseeu-
eion had compared the prisoner TO Cain.
Gain escaped; had tho p.isHaat attempt!
ed to escapg? j No; he has come, before
twelve OF his oouRtsgmeh Tor trial. And
nov that hetis here, he is charged by the
,probeeution With being ausiig1sut tuur,
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