, 1876-05-13

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THE DEFENSE,
COL 1SaERsoLL's REMARKS.
"nen nj, T. aver hau eonc,uoea quo. JUS aouless,
Col. 1ngerso!l arose. anu haa gotten as Lar rs
"Gentlemcu Of the jury" when Judge Blodgett
asked him If he had not better POSTPONE his
e+oto-nont nn+;, +h. ,nor,,;nr ri inrorer,,
st.ssne.s ot,'A Wv 1A'o4'A 'At''5' e"'' A"S 8''4
sald nc tnought nc was composed enough 70 go
on, and that he would like to do SO until the
time for adjournment. The Court nodded con-
sant and nt 4 .03 Co} Inrcrsol, launched out
ur-.1e~e 81. 80. ;, .11
uenueineu .. 'Ae 'u45' sun ue' as 1ai ~
the iacts, or what pretend TO DC the 1acts, are
concerned, you and are on the same footing.
You have heard the statement made by the attor-
wv, ~ +,,o ,,rosar,+i., T,rror ho,r, - hof,r,
4e9 w 'Is ploseea,Aon ~ o..o'e
never kne" unsal no" "lMt they Inte1oea 10
prove, or what they claimed they could prove IN
this case. The indictment you have heard read
IN t,. first cn,nt states that tho defendant con-
-, .. -a..,.,,a - a., Ir.tt,
epneo - ueA1Auo .no ~ oan -m y. sHs t.1.s.
States OF tile tax on l,ooo,ooo gallons o1 h'sll-
wines. The second count is that he combined,
and coufcdcratcd, and conspired with certain
,1arsons - ~ - dnfr.ud the Govcrnment of the Inv
on anothcs eeftaa'. a'un'oc. VI sn.o"s u 'i'5n-
wines. The third count is that lie conspired
with sunuIy parties ~ remove 1!om ccre
tain distilleries sertaln H., quantities a n,' OF
reading of the indictment r., afforded
no knowledge to ths g., defendant. a Ing feadi'lg
Of this Indictment dld not give tne de1Gnaant
tho least idea OF what the ease OF the People
vas against him, , So tat W s were % %ans9uteiy IN
going to try to prove, We did not Il know What
witnesses we're about to be called. we had not
the slightest idea OF what VIC were to be called
upon to defend. lthas oeen no one o. tne pEi,El-
What T would be brought against this defendant.
TIE DEFENDANT TOLD NE
nnd you may say that is what all defendants
may say to their lawyers, anu 1hat Is partly true
and partly 1alsc-he told me thot he was en-
tirely innocent says !, have you never uealt
in anythingt want to Know What' IN al prooa-
blllty, you viii DC enaIgeu VIII. ! "aht spihe
initial point to start FROM want some place
to begin SO that l can see VIAL .lls 15 sFluGuse
means" ne salo, "1ou Know NJ. Is vel Mel. as 90
where to begin" ! believed that there Was
conspiracy in the City OF Chicago to defrand the
Government OF the United States. oelleV-
ed 1t. l didn't Kno" Il. Ahese gentle-
men probably do, because the conspirators arc
upon their side ana NIX ana r mlnge IN tnen ue
thieves are not with us. The defendant N THIS
case has not had the advantage ot the lnlornn-
ton to be proved through these gentlemen who
have connected with them perjured thieves i and
Their services to the UHited States Of America:
Consequently VIC could not get them. We could
not ct at Solitary thief Without.going to the
Government. We could not 80 to
solitary person that han to com
init perjury without Infringing upon
the ground IT these gentlemen. So l saIu to
my client: Yon don't want any trial. II was
indicted under the circumstances, l Woniand
want trial, whether was guilty or innocent
Generally, gentlemen, would say tnat court
OF justice is place Ill winch innocence snoulo
feel IS yulor behind q Shield ol triple prass.
But there arc cases, and there are times, when