The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-07
ANDERsON'S AGONY.
THE ARGUMENTS ron TINE STATE AND
THE DEFENSE CLOSED.

1t was some time after 10 O'Clock when the
jury In the case OF the State VS.. Anderson
were brought down. The Attorney General
not being present, the court waited upon him
until nearly II o'clock, when he put In an ap-
pearance Mr.. Castellanos opened the argu-
ment for the defense, following Judge Cullom'
Mr. Castellanos in his argument spoke for
five hours and forty minutes After review
ing the testimony Of the defense, and coin
menting upon the weight that should be- given
1t, he entered upon the legal discussion Of the
question as to whether the returns alleged to
have been forged were public records under
the law. He cited many authorities going to
show that records of this character we're not
public records as the law eontemplates. re
fer1ing to old authorities in the English law,
he. enlarged upon the injustice Of the charge
In an earnest manner he called the atten-
ton OF the jury to the fact that the element
OF politics ought not 10 enter into the case
and he asked that the jury should render
anoe se aS the R ax " Given enc t BY f he
Judge. The effort of Mr.. Castelanos was
marked throughout for it's briliancy and
choice rhetoric, and In o case as hopeless as
was that OF his client, he made every point
available that was possible.
AT SIX O'CLOCK,
he was followed by Attorney General
Ogden, who made one OF the most effective
speeches he has ever made during his career
at the bar. He showed that the prisoner was
responsible for the acts of his subOrdinatss,
and that the publication was; made knowingly,
with the consent OF the accused. He referred
to the fact that those who had testified on be-
half OF the defendant had been employees Of
the board, and connected closely with the
parties who had been principals in the crime.
He, in the most eloquent TERMS described the
functions OF the board, and what, under the
law, they were entitled to do, and he asked
the jury whether, with all the facts before
them, they could do else than bring in q YER
dict Of guilty. He said that 1t was far from
his desire to make tho case q political one.
In his eloquent peroration he said that he
asked only justice at the hands Of the jury, and
nothing. else. Ii the iuryInen are satisfied
that the accused is guilty, then their verdict
should be SO; and If there was O reasonable
doubt, q verdict Of acquittal ought to be
to the @damned spot" upon the hand Of the
prisoner that would not out" He said that
the fraud perpetrated by this council could
not be washed by the rains Of heaven, and not
only for the time being, but for all time the
stigma would rest upon the guilty parties.
Taking up seriatim the testimony Of the
witnesses, Che Attorney General analysed 1t
carefully. and showed what was The char
aeter Of those for the defense and what was
that OF those sworn for the State At the
close OF the argument Judge Whitaker stated
that he would continue the matter Of charg-
ing the jury in the case under judicial con-
Of such Importance as to demand this time.
He might be ready by this evening.
He specially informed reporters that there
would be no other cases opened, prisoners
brought In, or proceedings taken tomorrow.
and the court would be closed