Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-09
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On tho assembling OF tho court g; seven
clock, NJ. Ballard began b. defining To
the jary the diR,ro1, degrees Of murder, a.
considered by tbs law, and what in the
eyes Of tie Law constituted mans1ughter
and what homicide. Then IN p-11t tha.
there could hsvo been no reconciliation Or
malice in the mind of George, - must bo
shown - maze his crino sven mlu-.auSl-
Ter. 10 !e'eyIct u tho fact that they wc-a
brothers - referred t. the Walwor'h
Gao. 10 aich it was said tAers as no
sscl crimeGs psrIiciJ5 know t. the world,
that Is willui killing OF parent by child. and
said g cl-c who're one brother killed smother
without cause was never known. ihey,
William aui George, had lived in tne same
in4s3; tie i3rme- had boarded with the
latter. lie reviewed tle evidence % show
tlEt there had been few words bt;We -
The b 81 .is, rad that on Saturday George
was p-2ccahle So! quiet. and was "a ii-
own room, .S.acp. when William went 10
Their. previous 20 TIC fatal encounter. There
Wa an absence Of motive in G5Jrss Gct :
there wa 30 reason ghy George >holld ai4l
bis brother. lie also mentioned the TACT
that William WIS a powerful u.sn, AID
g .rxo Wa an ordinary or ~uiall--lss1 man.
William had assaulted Gc0rye before. aud
as hlltll OF ll- flfLu.l. Inc Ae~tA'l JOY
showed -lst William was desperate man.
lie had said on that fatal morning, there
viii b blood to-day. OF a fight O-day
r. tao witnesses differently expressed i; {;
thls indicated desperation ard violence.
Where William went into bis brother &
apartments and LIS brother, ~ wa claimed.
faced him With knife, aud ordered Lin to
leave, his deportation vas -tiii further
0lilc5G in hIsHiysnein. % bis Gca-h IN the
face Of such circumstances. George Lad Esa-
sou 10 far for his life; powerful man, U!
whom he 49, afraid, stood IN tbe only Y NJ
of escape ir1-a the apartment, aai when he
told bin to lrayS. even with knife in Land,
this man vas U desperate as 20 advance on
him. Again. vh.; KIDD Of iaau thea must
" ii.iam have bcen, and what iuust have
been in his heart, to take his lie il his
hand and advance against such odds Gorge
had hight u defend bis home; had igh'
to order the intruder u leave, and 10 asa
force if necessary. Here Mr. Ballard TO
/ frrred to tito law, and cited \ case or two
/ in point. He also referred % the evidence,
to further prove tha desperation Of William
showing that CTogan attempted - Induce
bin to come away from Georges rooms, bot
was met with Il grufi, lie. inc alone.
A. t. what happened after Cro.an left
I seeing William would persist ia going In
| Nj Ballard said only George was allowed u
tell; his wife could not testify in his case
I That William advanced and struck him,
knocking down, was well proven. Crogau
/ saw him advance towards George, and he
I lad seemed in a maOt desperate enough u
4 d. it; the confusion on Georges temple
( wa evidence of il. As to how all The
wosnls were given. it could not be expect.
Cd that George could tell; no two men
however quick their perceptions. could de-
scribe the motions OF tF1 Iien IN deadly
conflict, much les one engaged in il. That
1 William after knocking George down
/ jumped on hin. aad ehoked aui struck
/ him, would Be 4 natural ssqusas5 - ths
I prelude.
/ Again. as to the iutsEt. a pocket. Of
common jaekknife was net deadly Weap