, 1876-06-10

TIE ARGUMENTS.

On tho rcasecmblng Ut Tho Court in tho after
noon, .1lntgo Bargs began The arguments Eor tho
Government. liz thpught the whole cnso wae
III nutshell. The charges ngasnat Cnllerton
ct'ycred spnce 0f thrcD tnonths. Tic was as
Dtckcnso1s, Leach & Co.'s from Feb. to April
I, and at tho Illinois during April. VcrgEo Wis
n Starckccpcr ut the sanG time at Dickcnsnn'at
anil tcatifr'ltlat Cultartan knew Df crookedncss.
liz VIVA relieved by Berger. ]. L. Miller wins
ntso at DIckcnson's with Cul!crton, nna Ills
placc WIS afterwards filled BY honest tlnugcr
llinckicy. They mn.lc crooked goods there, nnd
nobody denied 1t. Tho gou1s wrrc largely sent
to Mason and pnid for by checks, thu 'nodus
opcranlL being explained by Juige l,augs Mt
sonc length. The case ngainst Cullcrtou was
not brought by any Government or my fndfvll-
uni, hut BY 40,DU, ND of people, and IL involved
Tic fate of Tic tic G"ytrnsncnt itsclt dcpen,icd. il
struck at Tho very Foundation nf public Justice,
morality, md honesty. Thls defendant was 4
trslst@l Hoycr,iincnt nsfic!r. ltu should not go
clearly aud positively shown rs tlis there slonl
he no hcsttatt0n with the Jury In administering
Justice according to the law.
JUDGE tEFFlNuwEt.L,
ior the defense, began by stating that at the
nlrnt't casc. During the progress of the trial
hc lad discovered what tho tnsc was, and ho
proposed, before he gut through, to SHOW that
tac plea Of not guilty was aubstantiatcd: The
defendant Tns charged with .lcreiction Of duty
through negligence md design. Thu defendant
wiss itcw to Tile worls IF gauylng. lie !lnh been
representative Ut the people IN thu statc and
!ucAtly, hne he ssns n tlt,yicc Ill this work.
cd, w1Icreas Miller, who waB u uaugor with hin,
swo1u that CElierton was straight 50 far as hi
khcw. md nubotly Ind bctter opportunities for
knowing. Tt": defendant was admitted to have
lie ts TosR sf' to IN ss'" Tes s xns sns"ssSs #
lflncklcy, according to .ahc. Government,
WAS tho only honest man in thc Revenue service,
nn.1 It was strange that the Government had
tho o.er witnesses. It WIS reserved fnr tbs
detcnso TO call 1u, and such an honest, tntctlt-
gent 1nan could not haye believed anil sworn
That Cul!crton WIS honest in what lie did unless
he ha.l known Il to be fact. Miller testified
that Cullerton knew nothing of any crooke.l-
NESS, but tnat he, Miller did discover so,nctling
wrong ut the tlnc the tax wns changed, md ~
portetl II 10 lloyt. Vergho hasl reasoned 1t out
that Cullcrto knew Of tho crookcdness. lfo
was asked why he knew 1t, and he said l,e knew
detail the conversations, and failed utterly to
givo them. Lie stated that he once pointed to
soma wagons md sud to Cullcrtol!, There
I'll Verg," could say, and that wus al, insin,ls.-
tian tlc truth Of which he could not prove.
berger was n participant In tho crookctlness, by
hts own admission, md inferred that Cullertoil
must know Of it. Should the liberty Of an
of q 'nnu htceped IN crilne} According to
1Iincklcy, Cullerton did htBwork honestly and
industrlously, and never left tic wsuc.roo,n I'LL
lcss compelled to 81 to the office OF the ssisttl'
Gnugcr. lIincktcy. sud It was possible for bur-
rnuEhs to i'll barrels and rc,novc them from The
wlnt-room Willie he and CulIcston were IN tho
o'llec, without their lsnowing It. If such m