The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-07-20

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were In the treasury, and proceed to
prove that they are now gone. Now, by
Ladds testimony, he said that Parker
had marked off the names of tho bonds
to which the coupons he had belonged,
and according to the marks Ladd says
| were made by Parker, he had coupons
belonging to the Blue Ridge, the State
Capitol and the Orr bonds; now, Owens,
they say. funded the coupons which
Parker had in his possession-he funded
S28G, 900 of coupons, but he only funded
s31, AS coupons of the Blue Ridge, State
Capitol and the Orr bonds NIL put to-
gother; now, where is the balance to
make up the amount they say Parker ab-
| strnctcd from the treasury? But they say
that Lpdd did not fund all; who did,
| then? they have failed to show you, and
having tnllcd TO connect any more Of
! these coupons with Parker, the jury
cannot by any possibility give the plain
| tiff verdict for moro thnn onc-half of
$31, ,145. He then explained Parkers
letter to Lndd and limited that Ladd had
preserved it for the purpose of using it
against Parker; he snid that neither Par
kcrs conversation with Ladd nor his let
ter to him should be taken by the Jury
| in tho light TINT Parker meant to convoy
| to Ladd the impression that the coupons
he had in his possession had been stolen,
because there was nothing in either to
warrant that belief; he said that ut every
| stage of the plaintiffs case the jury was
| asked to assume something; on the very
| threshold, they were asked to assume
| that whatever Parker had was stolen;
now, the law will not allow assumptions
| of guilt where innocence can reasonably
be assumed; and if they can reasonably
assume that any coupons were rightfully
outstanding, if there is anything that
| will enable them to assume this, it is
their duty to do SO, because the law
favors assumptions and presumptions
when reasonable in favor of innocence;
he then accounted for Parker's desire for
concenlment in the letter to Ladd, on the
ground that Parker had fought the
funding scheme, and Cardozo had fa-
thered it, and that Scott had n judg-
ment against Parker, which, if pressed
before the coupons were funded, would
cause great sacrifice of them;
any reasonable assumption that n man is
not scoundrel and rascal, is what the
law favors, and there are many that are
reasonable, that amply account for Par
ker's having coupons in 1874. AS to the
third proposition, viz: had Parker taken
tho coupons? he said that Kimpton had
an equal chance, and motive that Par
ker did not have, viz: that the State owed
him $50, 900. AS tho State had utterly
failed to prove that the coupons were
ever in the treasury, or wero over nb-
stracted therefrom, he did not think it
necessary to sny anything more on this
subject, and his condition forbade it
also. He then replied to cnch of the
| propositions Col. lion had claimed he
had proved, and had published to the
world rs proved in the Union-I{erdld.
lie likened those things TINT he could
not now clear up to the mystery which
was solved by the faithful woman in
Wilkie Collins 'Law md the Lady,"
said that time and the development Of
what was yet unknown and hidden,
would make all things right.
The Court then adjourned until 8 a.
NJ, Monday.
The PARKER TRIAL-ArronSEY-G g GENE-
RAIL- MELToS's SpEEcn-TuE JUICES
CHAHGE.-The Court met yesterday, at 9
a. NJ. Judge Mclton,' for the prosecu-
ton, said:
In his opening address, he asked un-
divided attention not only because Of
the importance but its intricacy; and
now he can't go further without remark
ing upon the conduct of the jury during
| VIZ WV WIND Va tOlllu llCliI, IL nuS DSGll
said that you arc poor whites and ne
groes, and that the case should have
been referred to board of skilled ac-
countants; the jury's conduct hns been
unexccptional, and has shown that
they are competent; he had occasion to
rcfer to the political aspect of the case in
order that prejudice might be laid aside
and the case digniicd; two of opposite
counsel have taken him to task about it;
in 65, the people were prostrnte, white
people stripped and the colored igno-
rnnt, and it belonged to the solution of
the problem of giving the negroes the
privileges of citizenship; it was the mis-
fortune Of tho people to whom hc be-
longs that they did not see the impor-
tance Of this problem, but tho Provi-
dence which struck off their chains led
them over to the land Of promise; he re-
ferred to the good and the bad men who
had come among us after the war; said
n city in South America was DESTROYED
by an earthquake, and the air filled with