, 1873-04-06
PISTOL PRACTICE.

! Judge Williams Puts Down His Foot on the
| Use Of ti,e Pistol for Imaginary Allronts--He
Sentences Wray in " Wholesome e.AnRlo-Saxon.
"Bill" Wray WAS up for sentence in the Crluuna
Court, yeatardAy. Mr. Evans, Of the leading
counsel Of the city looked very much out Of place de-
fsnding him. Mr. Evans declared, in the most em-
phatio and solemn manner, that he wen satisfied
OF Wtays innocence a. he vas Of hs He prayed
the Court for c1emency, and made Of the most
pouerful appeals eEer heard in this Criminal Court.
He reviewed with rninuteness the testimony to tho
manner in which the shooting was done, with the in
tentiou Of showing that It WIS accidental He then
spoke Of tho in which the papers had worked
up public feeling against the prisoner for whom he
apparently de considerable na
aationai M % newspapers as the tha Journal ~ coming ling
out With saeh blood.atrsty reports a. that which
evening Of the trial He tred to show That tho mans
wife sck nigh unto death, and that it would be
Cruel and nnlust act to deprv her and his helpless
support, without the very clea1est evidence Of his
guilt which, he contended had not been afforded Hs
would produce the "fay physician as to his wifes
sickness.
Tho doctor called, and proved that At the time
Wray's trial Last on, his Wife aboring in the
state ho.ertng twixt Life and death. The child waa
aickly, and the woman had ut hme snce beca out
jects tat aid not afect tie question It isana but
which doubtless aroused the sympathy Of almost
The Court reviewed the testimony, the arguments of
the COUNSEL and the afidavis filed. He referred to
idea that prevailed that he had shown himself preju
tained he idea that they we're deceived and TINT far
from being being preudiced he had strven to ba just
TO- the et1antng Of that term in bis Instructions
to the jury. Ha had instructed the Jury in the very
wo1dn used by Mr. Evans and not only but be had
done It more than He did not agree with MI.
II hs sa @ In hs
In real danger when he fired Ho had spoken very in
soleny to condon and the latter went from behind the
L-.,S-
~ snd
had no reason to shrink from personal encounter
9TH r nd to- the sd the 1
ahot with shs idea that he In danger. By their
verdict they found that he did not and be able to
Intelligent Or more respectable jury, in that Court
They were au old citizens. And Is to the press be did
M Sa 'ss ta,t e M IN T..
Wiz Wiz s then men and "s draw st e'fes fs
seem to hare invoked ths trouble that hsd cons ms
about. There was no pretenBe that he bruised,
OF thss he had suffered corporeA punishment, had
struck it does not follow that he has nny right to
draw pistol and shoot his sasailant like dog This
time that citizens should know it would no longer
pass r7puniahed. It waA very we'll Tor man to say
that he IVES threatened Threatened man was often
breast; that was utmost that had been get up aud
WAS Of deadly character, and 1t fault Of Wray,
but accident. that Condon did not fall dead On the
spot and that Wray rss not there standine IN that
too much Of this sort Of bnsnees and 1t time that
the dspassionate execution Of Justice should be cn-
forced Is to tho sick wife and family Of Wray II
always misfortune that these guilty men drew down
with them in their fall the innoccn; that the punish
ment Of the guilty always falls On The innocent 70 we'll
And to money 1t WAS not to be understood that be-
cause man had money, Or possessed friend. who
had money, and therefore able to obtain the as