Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-23
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Judge pofter's Addresses Yes
terday.

T-sSlhu-S NSHa W. - -A"A W
terday.
The Jury will Find No difficulty in
Rcacliingsa Verdict OF Acqnittal.
sr. Lotus, Feb. 22ee.-.Judge % Porter
opened his remarks this morning in
the closing argument for Gen. Bah
cock, with complimentary reference
TO the attention which the Jury had
given to the case. An@in,crcoursc OF
two weeks, he said in the discharge
Of our duties, and the kindness with
which you have listened to the evil
dence, make us feel thut we arc be.
| fore q =.
JURY WHICH is NOT rHiruplcEp
in the case. We believe that had the
evidence been such that you must
have found verdict of guilty, which
would have
BLASTED THIS YOUNG MANS
future, you would have done SO with
sorrow, but now that the testimony
enables you to pronounce him limo.
cent, you cannot but rejoice at such a
conclusion. Judge Porter referred to
his personal relations with Babcock,
saying that he had known him long
aud intimately, and appeared as his
FRIEND, RATHER THAN Ills LAwYER
He reminded the jury that the de-
fcndant was the son of an American
yeoman, and had earned, not sought,
the positions he had occupied, in a
delicate way. The government coun.
sci were complimcn,ed for their abili.
", but, said the speaker, they have
tried this case with bitterness to-
ward this defending which ] never
saw equalled in a state prosecution.
They evidently feel that every stab
they give this defendant, is really a
thrust through him at the president
himself. Why they should
STRIKE ATsGESERAL4 GRANT
We don't know, unless they think his
testimony stands between these two
gentlemen and new professional
victory Judge Porter then, in
strong language condemned the course
pursued by the press toward General
Babcock. He has had, he said, the
nisfortunes of a pre-jadgment Of his
:asc by the press. 1t has been
charged in the papers boldly that for
years he was in weekly receipt Of
this
HOOD MoNLy
from the St.Louis ing,-lhAt he re.
;eived it by packages through the ex.
press, Iy registered letters, aud by
.hecks, and that he acknowledged
the receipts in letters and tclegralns.
t=fhe- country has been told that<upon
.his money General Rubcock grew
enormously rich, that he lived i'll
luxury and moved about in palatai
style. That with the moneyshe built
whole blocks Of buildings in the city
of Washington and has others in pro
cess Of construction. Every enemy
of General Grants within and with:
out the republican party accepted
i these. stories as truth, aud Genera
!; Babcock has been
CONDEMNED uNnEARn.
4 Abiding to the danger Of acceptin.
. from the newspapers verdict, he pic
tured the love Of scandal which mark
. the age, and said scandal once pub
: |-fishcd abouta man it will spread an,
, gather force in going. He cited tn
case Of
ANDREW JOHNSON
whom the newspapers had villifiet
almost without exception, who wa
impeachcd and tried before the high
est tribunal in the land and acquitted
by men, many Of whom were hi
enemies; then the newspaper jndg
mcnt was reversed. He called attcn
!. tion TO the difference between III
columns OF statements in newspaper
and the
!. rAuclrY AND WEAKNESS
:. of the facts tendingto implicatc Bal
e cock, advanced by Dyer.
o Porter said he would only motto
the general points, as his colleagr
d Storrs went into the evidence in detail
a 1t was an undisputed fact that the
was conspiracy in St. Louis in Isl
and ~, hut it was admitted by Il
government, when the question W
put to them by the court, that Ba
is cock had no connection with that CO