The New York herald., 1876-03-08
Summing Up in the Tweed Six Million
Dollar Suit.
Judge Westbrook Will Charge
the Jury This Morning.
Important Decisions by the Supreme Court,
General Term.
Indictments by the United States
Grand Jury.

The Trial Term room OF the Court OF Common Pleas
aas again .hrongcd TO repleton yesterday morning.
The approaching result in tho Tweed 500 900
being looked forward with considerable interest
The entrance to the court crowded the entire day.
so that both ingress and egrcss became a matter OF
some difficulty. Counsel on both sides were promptly
hand Mr.. Charles O'Conor and Mr.. Carter for the
people, and the Messrs Field for the defendant Mr..
o'Conor showed, II anything signs of Improvement in
his appearance generally and watched the proceedings
with the closest attention. Among the audience were
many well known politicians. Judge Westbrook took
mis- the bench at halt past ten O'clock
Mr. David Dudley Field commenced summing up for
the defence. He said from the commencement
Of the suit they had been hearing that there was no
ieence and it repeated so often that at last men
who said u through ignorance or mace came to believe
Il TO be true But now the trial came up its merits,
and It was shown that defence ny the de-
csion of the Court the day previous, reducing the
plaintiffs claim one-third the amount asked,
and 1t question for the jury whether 1t
would not be further reduced defeated altogether
He adyerted to the attacks which had been made upon
himself defending Tweed but he contcnded that II
was princIpe OF our law that every accused man had
n night to be defended, and he hoped it never would be
otherwise He stated that much of the feeling had
or,son ara,pst bm because of his labor IN IN cause
OF legal reform, but he had lived TO The reformed
American Code Of Procedure make triumphal march
around the globe and Notwithstanding any trace OF
ccllDg
20 his professional brethren whether he had not
tanned and not maintaining the honor Of the pro
Iession. Counsel referred the charges that he
hvng stolen money and although, he said II might
be a crime 10 receive money from hands not clean, he
did not know how the division was 10 be made. He
thought such a service might be ntrusted TO the
Tribune Now he would state that he bad never re-
ceived a dollar from Tweed IN his ie He had been
paid by his friends, ana he had been informed the
money had not come from Tweed He had not
been paid much for similar services elsewhere and
Tweed lett he had received nothing, and could
not say VIII he would Whether
.he did not he said would make difference tue
defence In auding 10 the merits OF the case he said
there nothing unusual about IL but the prosecution
-Four had been brought, one of which the Court
oi Appeals decided they had no right TO bring
Mr. O'Conor at this point interrupted Mr.. Field, but
what he said was inaudibe, owing TO the low tone in
which he spoke.
that he did want any admonitIons from that
quarter
Mr.. o'Conor made remark in reply, which
likewise naudiDe, TO which Mr. Field rctorted, when
you 40 you come in my way.
Mr.. Field, resumng, contended that the frauds
Twecd's, but arose from demoralized condi-
hon OF parties. The testimony of lnger-
soil and Garvey, he submitted, should not
weigh one feather with the jury. Alter
commenting generally the facts presented, he
show that under the Judges ruling Tweed would
only be responsible tor the iraudulently OBJ
tained what really due; that this excess would
be little So 800 000 and that If the jury did
find there conspiracy Tweed would not DO
snswerabe ior anything AT all Mr. Fields argument
lasted until hafpast twelve O'clock when the Court
took
MIR. Robert X. Carter, on the rsassembling Of
Court addressed the jury on the part OF tho
people He argued the in all Its features, and
on the mentioned, which interest he computed
81 g34 0l6 a. making, he would not say, grand"
total OF SO 951, ,436 l6 Tor which he asked a verdict
The Court then adjourned until halipast ten O'Clock