The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-02
ssTH URSDAY MORN 3. 1874

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illness further said that be did not call
the attention OF the jury on Coleman's trial
here TO any material difference between Col
onel Maye's testimony here and his testimony
at Che Police Court for the reason that as he
tad no osuspieion that his mind was unsound,
It never occurred to him that it would be
other than idle folly to attempt to impeach
bis. credibility. sr.s. .-s,s.
NJ Did he not say at the Police Court and
mere that Colonel Coleman's language was so
WHO and incoherent that he could do no
more shan give his impressions Of what he
As He said be had no very, distinct impress
sioD, because Coleman's manner was SO ex-
CITED at the time Of the. conversation in re-
ference 70 the explanation. When he testi-
ned hera. ne gave the explanation pat,
aDd without, being. asked about II,
without: referring tsnce during the, trial
that recollect, to- CoIeman:s manner having
made that explanation unintelligible, though
ne did refer during the trial to Coleman's
manner as having been wild and very much
excited at the time. Did not call the atten-
ton OF the jury to Colonel Mayo's testi-
mony being unintslhgib!e for the, rea-
son that there was, nothing !, in. it spe.
cially uniRtelligible, to me save the state
ments which I regarded as extraordinary
and inexplieable In. view Of their being
entirely unnecessary, and in view Of my
knowledge of bis own complication of the
affair. mean by the, word complication no
reflection on Colonel Mayo, but knew that
in his connection With the Sinking Fund be
had become involved in transactions which
it would be extremely difficult for him to
explain. Colonel Mayo again referred ,in
the trial before this court, to the paper: by
which he would be able to explain his trans
actions in connection with the exchange of
consols for peelers if he could find it. It
was in connection with the question when
the court was pressing him about that $3.50.
The Court: Let it be understood that that
deposition is never again to be opened.
At this hour (4:05 P. NJ the court took a
recess until O'Clock. -r,a ."- .+
Afternoon Session.
The court resumed its session at halfpast
5 O'Clock.
"'. '..'S DR.. r.. G. CABELL
was the first witness examined at The after
noon session. He said that bis present posi-
tion IS physician ut the Central Lunatlc
Asylum. .s
Mr.. Royal then proceeded to read hypo-
thetical case for DR.. CabelPs consideration,
as follows:
Assuming that, Colonel Joseph Mayo
was entirely insane on Saturday, March %;
that be had shown unnistakable symptoms
of insanity about thirty days previous there
to. and again about twenty days previous
thereto !; that hereditary insanity belonged
| to his family; that he testified as witness
| on the part Of the Commonwealth against
William D. Coleman on Monday and Tuesday,
the 23d and Oath March +; that his conduct on
both of these days was most extraordinary
and ineXpiicable to those who are intimate
with him that being lawyer by profes-
sion, he most improperly interrupted one
witness while that witness was giving in his
testimony-on several occasions to such an
| extent that he was several times ordered by
the court to forbear, and finally was ordered
| by the court to take his seat on another side
of the room that the subject which has
seemed to be uppermost in bis mind on Sa.
turday and since has been some paper or pa.
pers that the same subject seemed to
be uppermost in his mind on: both the
previous occasions that he'exhibited symp-
toms of insanity, and that the witness whom
be interrupted was testifying, at the time
that be interrupted him, upon subject to
which the paper or papers seemed to be up
permost in his mind seemed to have direct
reference. Assuming all these things 10 be
| facts, what are the PROBABILITIES OF Colonel
Joseph Mayo's mental condition on Monday
and Tuesday, March 23d and 24th-that he
was of sound mind or unsound mind?"
MIR. Royal then asked DR.. Cabell whether
he had made an examination OF Colonel
| Mayo. to which he replied in the negative.
In reply to the first question, DR.. Cabell
said: I should say of unsound mind. -
The Court: DR.. Cabell, suppose that the
supposed insanity Of the witness was sup
posed to be mania q potu by his family ply
sician, who had been 80 for years, and treated
by him as such, and that upon such treat
ment, when those attacks of insanity come
such treatment relieved him and made him
sound mentally and physically, and that be-
tween such attacks of mania potu he testi-
fed clearly sEd distinctly Of very complica-
ted transactions, and that nobody found out
or suspected that he was insane for about q
week afterwards. When he became insane,
with about the same symptoms he had bad In
previous attacks Of supposed mania potu,
could you say as medical man that the wit
ness was insane when he testified ?
A. could not. The probabilities would
be that he was sane man between the at
taeks." ~ '''' '.'-
Mr. Wise: Doctor, suppose that Colonel
Mayo was treated by his family physician
for mania q potu from the 10Th to the 18th
of February, and afterwards from the 11th
/ to 18th of March for the same disease, Colo
mel Mayo exhibiting the usual symptoms
which attended mania potu at both at.
tacks, and that at the end of few days that
family physician ceased to treat him,
believing him to be well, and sup
pose that afterwards Colonel Mayo
should continue to discharge bis accustomed
duties as usual, and afterwards, when ex-
amined as witness in court on the 23d and
oath days Of March, should give clear and
Intelligent account Of transactions, events,
and conversations; and then suppose that
six days after having been thus examined as
witness he should exhibit symptoms SINH
lar TO those Of the first attack, but more Ylo-
lent, could you say, assuming all these things
| to be true, that he was of unsound mind at
the time he was so examined as Wltness on
the 23d and oath of March!
a. could not say that he was OF unsound
mind.
O. Assuming man to be insane, is the
memory necessarily affectedP
A. should say not.
O. Is it not possible for man to entertain
deIusion on one subject without its Affect
Ing his mind on other subjects?
q. It is possible, but not very. frequent. /
have seen cases OF 1t.
@. Suppose the case that Colonel Mayo
had delusion on the subject of paper, or
that bis mind was greatly disturbed by the
loss Of paper; that that paper related to a
--,..x - ,,,h;oh ho fat a deem interest. and