Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-03-07
II Mr.. DIsTRIoTsCOUHT.ssgar5 r5is
Genera s.,, ,r,u fail r. Delivery--Ntne OIL
for ths state ! Rrifon--O9n.e = If ' g TO BE =,
!. Hung aand the lksma GEaa- :

and T rs,nain.d Fl, soS 6heTss. An of she pris.
oners conined in the iaiL whose oGenses were no!
bailxble Or Who cpuid not give bail we're tried, and
guilty n several instances of crineso q lesser de-
srre Than charged IN the indictment al This was par
tcularly true in the case Of VIM G. Edwards Indicted
e s5as, e The .
sS .foaf E .SSa SszS nSsa .stsa ID
.ilsm 8 n hohs Aashs slbsdf .st
1sI, was very drunk ana dsosass!5 sna s1aagn ne
BI 6tkhiu6 fte #indOwss and IhanGn I'm insexica
ted dsrbSnngdoK lsdWEfaS anus1 On lbsaJY
re uyed words followed and EEdWxtdSa ap3eked mp q
gun, the defsndsnt stases, with the ef Apple
Etast sIsy ISaila kaIs:s15SlA45is siine
.ssistinx him The gua was discharged, accident
ally, nv doubt, xvds the niead. who was assisting
Edwards to scar his room Of noisy crowd Was
Killed. 1Uniortunately Tor Edwards he resUrted to
unlawful mesns snd sise ioss Of humsnlte resulted
The iur tnas tried min, Que Of the moss ins=n
gent thst ths:wntel eyer sawsia thegDox, and some
Of the juror sympathy tof the PRISONER
tnss they would have been glad ~ hAye gwen him
the benefit OF sioNst vtlch nixht have arisen,
hui their duty wns pain - shesnoss on Insu's
face. aud .exardiE ns tliey took, they c,uiu
nav. as a6 e. .:u.se. s xfdi'
In the case Of shs.iliig, he too klisd =
friend through the 1n;awiui- .use vi = dangerous
Weapon wi,hs syel lss sxcasgs tbaA Mr.. EDWARDS
flsd uuI there Was .ice SHOWN and ulanslsugh-
t.r WIS rhe.-yerd,ct Wfn Z. .cummeldatiU tiUn 50 the
court ~ deal knenti with the e1sa.g Que. sud iour
yeats il the peldtentixry was the seatsnce.s
| Below ne give the caienuar~ s"osmS the Eases
tried tine verdict ana the Vi me cOur-that
of Peter Brannigxn in full 1mttlng the disc.ert, IT,
saw the least remsrks Of the prisoner ~ which tue
Judge RESPONDED ~ foilOWs: = L xm sorry 80 hear
tat remark - IL makes is my dusy ~ sny more taan
1 would otherwise have said. would Nos ssy one
word which would cau.e = person " inc position Ia
which you now stand d moments unnecessary pain.
But when you speak - you do l feel hound 70 say
1 do not see how twelve hsness men couli do less
than render . verdict against YOU; It would have
been 70 shrink from the faithful dschsrge Of their
duty Keeping such = place Of business ~ you did
YOU publicly invited persons to come to Jour house.
the evidence discoses the ch .rActer Of the house, the
keeper Of such house, inviting persons there. IL
not supposed to be particularly sensf;ve about re-
MARKS tnas might be made there.
ssMassipgaie was stflsre In legal sense ny your In
yitasion and doubtless used language not becoming
gentleman but not language which would justly the
net you committed Idon't believe Masdngale ever
mad the dang si,ot in his hand IL muG have % APP
pesred 20 thsa jury; there vas no m1ment In which
shsI vas tmuaent d2uger you; with perfect COOL
mess you took your revolver snd shot Hm; TO my
mind The fsct aftcr the man WAS d0wn you DIS
chaked the second and then the thfd shots q hun
II sufaeiens eyitcncc OF your total dePrAvlsy You
sre apparentiy Of ordinary intsiiigence esps-
BE BY honorable means Of yesstny an honorsois
living. e