Middletown transcript., 1874-12-19

aDEAR TRANscaIpr AS was fors3
shadowed in my last, Courts adjourned,
for the ternBE on Friday last. having
wonnd up the odds and ends Of busi-
ness the last Two days; and as, there
bvss3 tl's Es'ase fssssg IstSils elssis
hasoshsllo's oscspationsiigone i hs
your readers wili'bs relieved to learn
that this cortespondspcs will be brought
to = cenclusion. after a brief mention
Of a few incidents of the, session and
the expression Of : few : inferences
Coming from L State where Z person
isinsver subjected to . trial for an allegs
ed, o6ense. without The benefited couu-
sel. | find il impossible to reconcile
myself To the feature Of Dslaware's
jarisprudence which denies TO one who
10 unable 70 procure il. . laHyer's ssrvl
ices, and. therefore. almost xpecessarily
insures conviction upon er parte tests
mony, and one-sided representation
Ut the facts. / have seen more than
one case where conviction might have
been sysrted. had theislightest amonnt
Of tact been exercised BY the affrighted
prisoner. In one case . young white
woman was upon trial for larceny, and
the State failed to support its charge
by proof-this was the deelgsiiou Of
the judges-bus when the frightened
and confused creature was asked If she
had any remarks to make to the jury,
she made q fatal confession in an at
tempt to inculpate an associate and
upon her own statements alone, she
was convicted and punished. ss
The utter imbscility Of two negro
boys. as unintellectual as Hottentots,
who were tried at the last term upon
The charge Of larceny Of buckwhest-
four Of the value Of $500. their abso-
lutte friendliness and total abandonment
10 inevitable conviction and punishment
made q most painful inn
pressioa upon the by-standets. which
would have been modified. atsleast, had |
here been a word Of interest. or kind
ness. spoken BY one who was capable |
II having fair and full presentation |
i the facts. I do not know how il |
ifFseted Others, but 10 me il fixed the |
,onclasipn thats we're / : lawyer at this |
Bar. no poor human being should
lgsin appear SO friendless at this court. |
I strikes me It would be polite course
or the young men to pursue. while it
would, also. prove profitable in the ex-
,erienee ], to be derived therefrom,
Doctors do large amount Of work
rom which they have neither The hope
ior the expectation 81 reward. why
'hould not lawyers do the sams9l an
. Wm. Thomas. the colored man who
vas tried and convicted for striking
3ov. John P. Cochran, at Odessa, in
l870, made remarkable speech upon
he occasion of his trial. True, hs did
'ot say anything to excuse his crime,
ut what be said. whilst it was ,calcu-
ated to extenuate il in some degree,
bis ignorance and Some
ther circumstances. fell With crushing
feet upon the heads Of those men N
be Republican party who have ayailed
benstlves Of the Ignorance Of the
egroes, to deepen their natsral race
rejudice and to direct it agaipst Demo-
rats. and have used the deluded crea-
ares TOR their own unholy purposes
These white men" said Tbemas.
told Us. It Mt, Pleasant. 70 90 to
odessa prepared to 6ght, and nov
hen | am IN trouble about It. there Is Z
Of one 70 stand BY me as !, friend."r i
bat has been the history Of the deal
,gs Of The miserable wretches with
bat unfortunate Faee, all over this