The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-19
THE JUMEL ESTATE CASE.

The Suit OF Bowen VS.. Chase-S um ming
Up OF MIR. Chatheld for the Plaintiff
His Argument To BE Continued To-
Day-Thc Case Nearly at a CIoSe.
The hearing Of the case Of George w. Bowen Vs.
Nelson Chase was resumed yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court before Judge Shipman and the
special jury.
Mr.. Chatfel9l, Mr.. Chauncey Shaner and Mr. Saw
yer appeared counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr..
Charles O'Conor and Mr.. J. c. Carter for THO de-
PENDANT.
SUMMING UP OF Mr.. CHATFIELD FOR THE PLAINTIFF.
Mr.. Chatfeld opened his address with long ref
erence to the history OF trial by jury. He con-
tended that the Court had no more to do with the
facts than the jury had with the law. The Court
should stick to the province of the Court. He
asked the jury to find verdict according to the
evidence. II that was not designed by this mode
of trial OF what use was jury They were bound
on their oaths to find verdict according to the EVIL
dence and not according to the charge OF the
Court-not according to any extraneous influences.
He did not mean any disrespect to the Court; Tor
he regarded an independent judiciary as the last
hope of the country He found that to be the case
in all countries in struggles for liberty; and in the
present day, when there was widespread lep-
rosy of public corruption and disregard Of official
obligation, an independent judiciary was the
last nope OF public liberty. Counsel went on to
say that this case had been at trial for eleven
weeks and he was sure the jury would be glad to
an exnression If Mr. O,Cnnor In reference IN tha
witnesses for the plaintiff, whom he termed "a
bandtti OF LARS, but that said Mr.. Chatheld, was
Iancy OF the learned gentleman. Having laid
down certain propositions which>he intended to
submit to the consideration OF the Jury counsel
adyerted 70 me eaoence oI e Rmt.hs M
1t was true he had. because ne had entered into
matters more IN ms Inc. ne had also sald tnat II
the case were 70 De tried again MI hoaI Wouiu not
appear in y and that he tMr. Chatfeldl might be
| left alone, or ne conld go 10 kllkenny ana nnn
ne 70 be ms be ne ab to
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| ter. -.
| Mr.. Chatfeld insisted that after careful exam.
inatiOn Of Daniel Hulls testimony 1t would be seen
| that he had told the truth, though he COUNSEL
| would admit that the man might have been, owing
to his great age and, probably, falling memory, mis-
taken as to dates But he had stated accurately
aast ts to whole S'h Of r. s e n The
Providence, and had, therefore, abundant oppor-
tunity OF knowing the facts and circumstances
at considerable length passages from the evidence
| respecting the family OF Daniel Hull When Hull
! made this statement about seeing G. w. Bowen
| with Betsy bowen, nobody had approached him.
Bowen had not approached him, but he made
s .aH to recover under the will. It was argued
against the credibility OF Hull that he did not
know when his father and mother died They
both died of the yellow fever, and the children, Of
whom Daniel was one, were sent to the country to
be away irsm the sickness. and therefore would
| not be in the way Of knowing the exact circunl-
stances. They could impeach a man by showing
That in the community where he lived he was a
general liar. Bosworth, the country pettilogger,
had been employed TO find out persons TO impeach
Hull's veracty but he had not been able to do so.
| He referred to this matter because Mr.. Hoar, his
associate, who had been obliged to leave, had told
him that he had not done justice to Daniel
Hull. AS to the King Henry book and
the entry therein, he said he saw certain points OF
resemblance between the writing in that entry and
the original signatures OF Reuben Baliou. They
would observe that the ink In that entry was very
pale. Any one who went to school In the early
days that he did would remember that INK was
made from nutgall or maple bark-n0t the INK