, 1876-11-05

iu4nfes On tnc suolecL u sEu-ueieAse was tne
law Of this county, and had been ever since the
selfridge trial, the ground or rather the cause
which justified the killing being J." reasonable
fear" The Inta'-0coa said: Is Who did not
know that no one claims that Judge McAllister
desase the an rGn ss toa 81 taS essfS ss Gf M +
giving instructions which nrlse where a man is
assaied when that man was notassalled at all,"
reasoning upon the theory, or never seeing
that the Judge ought not to decide that question.
question of fact, for. the jury.
A great many good people people
such statements and Judged '1fcAllister by
them. The question was whether. there was
not So%s aSa way Of putting before the
case. Whether Judge McAllister ruled rightly
Or ruled wrongly was q question Of fine legal
discrimination. The Bar Association had moth
Ing more to do with his decisions as to their ab-
x,t9l solgtc accuracy Or inaecnracy than they had
question for the Association, If i made amin
ycst1gat1on, was, whether Judge McAllister
.,,, :, HAD ACTED coRRupTLY-.
whether bis rulings were so wide Of the mark
thai that lawyers could infer that he acted cor
;, Mr.. y. II. King. asked what was to be:
the effect Of the report of a. COM
mittee: ,He did not know, but he
did know that the Bar was divided on the ques-
ton Of the Legality Of Judge MeA!lister's iul7
ly that they were right. the Association, in his
opirion, would not unanimously. adopt their re-
port He, juding from the newspapers, did not
believe bis rulings were correct-tllat' they were
the law Bat sapp9se the minority e the Bar
What could they do! He thought lie had, from
the beginning to the end OF the trial, committed
good many blunders; yet he (AlcAllister) was
the man. to determine. What Judge did not
A-1-. =.
correct the errors Of the Judges below, and had
that there :Was not q body TO cor cor
rect some, of. their .blnpders, for they
made good many, as his brother, Judge Law
renee knew very. we'll (1.aughter.1 If com
mittee were appointed, be hoped. It would be
one that would not whitcWash Judge McAlIts-
convicted. It should be q fair committee,
which would do1ust!ce to all sides. some Or
the gentlemen thought the prisoners interests II
M9nd % 3 Mere tneEe no o!aes
the people show as well as the prisoner! give
the prisoner all that belonged. to him, but give
inc people ~ tnat belonged 10 them! some oe-
Heyed that MeAlhster ", ter dla not glye toe?eopiea
from the newspaRe!s ,,l He 4 might be entirely Y
the:'peopic Of their rights? It vas difficult to
11H IT, s"1n.,sti,, ,,,;thf,ofa fro,,, In
pcleve tnat nG corrupaly m'to1o hene Agtn hnd sn
}Pnop },nne,. 1,,a,+o hg.a ali7ster oonl manv vcors
9 oi1,,ors Se;oro5 he, to ba on honest mar
4an1d +olss o,.aat ~ daa1 ~ evidcnce to make
attsod nanv mnmbors If thn R,r heIieve That
=, ~ u1e ncted ,,nrs,,ntlr howerer m,,ct thav
~ .+u a;ffar fro1 hin II is rn1iI1s He iii
,of hc1ieve i cnrnmitfcc cniild ia a3f}ofntcd who
.,if 4us -, ,a,aGns rcnort mriess NV
W. mouu saian+a!1 - - rannrt ~ ~ oGa;nst I'm
WY J .uae th.r ~ snch ronn7t3 Peone
- n.is - =. ~. - ho1;aad .Gort
nouu @ uSSS ~ 80 20 ~, ~ thar ,r+ +h.+ Ia
snat 70 n'o e1' '11Ae@ 'Ae 0'N~- pa ''4@''
haH ~ - that +,o Are,c;o+;on - n
Ml s"etI sn'It aat,,5 suI t,n, -. - ts
Wes s5oiu ~ .hs4 ,ssrst ~ :" a,1n;nt 90
mind as 70 wnat; II ongn1 noI 70 appolne u
Mt.n ;taif ita 1t"9ia'
put one WHICH "oulo hn's ltsc1l u 1's Julleo1c~
slon' ..-~......-.
MIR. MORAN
.indorsed all that NJ: Swett had said with refer
; cnce to Sullivan. He dissented entirely from
the remarks Of Mr King, ttnt, IN hts oeiici, no
committee Of lawyers would agree rs to thc rnl-
!ings of McAllister. He undertook to say that
the report Of any conmittec OF lawyers who
worked impair TALLY would be tinanimors IN, 2,
less some lawyers got on as some Jurors tried
to get on in the Sullivan casc, with their minds
made up>
AIr. King-And did get on. Laughter and
tapp1ausc.f -,
MIR. Mofan-Yes, unfortunately, one did get
on.
:1Fr Srott- -non,t 1ct. MS trv t1,e caso, over,
A. Gn1dv ,ssaid Il had hcen si,pfScstcd that
ithe investi1ation oneht moi TO proceed without