The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-05
WEDNESDAY.

Court met a; 9, \. VI. and Mr.. Constabl.
I resumed his address to the jury, aud SAID
/ that he had heard from outside parties that
the longer he spoke the worse lac made il
/ for the prisoner, but that he had duty Il
I perform aud by The help of God he Intended
( Ia do 1t and hoped that the jury would dc
/ theirs aud try aud divest themselves of an,
/ previously formed opinions. lie referred
! 10 the testimony of the States witnesses il
reference to their having seen Holland
body after he fell in the yald from 4 nder
son porch and introduced another plot ac
companled 10y an algebraical calculation
! proving that 1t was impossible for them t.
have seen the body.
| Mr. Constable closed his argument
shortly after II o'clock A. NJ, aud Hon
Hiram Mccullough proceeded To make the
closing Argument for the defense lie
stated that under the indictment the jury
could tui the prisoner guilty of murder,
murder in the second degree, manslaugbter
or not guilty. Mr.. Mccullough reviewed
the testimony in an able manner, and stated
that he had visited the scene of the homi
eide the evening before aud made himself
fam liar with the surroundings and tina,
| from having done this he was satisfied that
Mrs. Kline was IN position to have seen
| the parties rs she testified, and that the
negroes could not have seen the pistol in
/ Holland hand. He argued that if Larue {
wife had told the truth about Holland as
saultiug her the night before the killing
I that Ned was iustiiiable in shooting him and
read from authorities to sustain the argu
ment. The COUNSEL then spoke of the
efforts of the correspondents of the county
papers To influence public opinion and III
wreck their vengeance upon Ned Larue,
and closed his remarks by informing the
jury that the counsel for the defense had
not received. and did not expect To receive,
any compensation for defending him. This
closed the argument for the defense.
At l:lo =. NJ, Clinton Mccullough, Esq,
began the closing argument for the State.
lie animadver;ed severely upon the doc.
trine advanced by the defense that the pris.
oncr was justified in shooting Holland il
he thought his life was in danger, and read
from several authorities to sustain his view
of the case, which was that the jury were
the Judges of the sufiiciency of the danger
lie argued that from the testimony of La.
rue aud his wife. II did not appear that
| Ilaruc vas ,tustifiable in shooting Holland
| in self defense. He said that the only
thing to be determined by the jury was
whether Larue's mind was in a condition
| To form deliberate intention to take the
| life of Holland. and if they believed it was,
they should convict him of murder in the
I first degree. Counsel then argued that the
/ State had proved the threats that Larue
had made to kill Holland and reminded the
! Jury that the witnesses who testified To
that fact were not cantradicted, and closed
his speech by reading the charge of the
Judge In the jury i'll the UddeIzook case.
The Court then instructed the Jury tina,
they could find a verdict of murder in the
first degree, murder in the second degree,
manslaughter or not guilty, whereupon. at
}! l., NJ, the case was given TO the Jury.
which, after being out forty minutes, came
into court and rendered verdict of guilty
of murder in the second degree.
The prisoner was brought into court at
! O'Clock the same evening and Judge
Stump. addressing the prisoner. pronounced
the sentence of the Court: " Edward Larue,
you have been found guilty of murder in the
second degree, and have been fortunate in
being tried by one of the best juries have
ever seen. You are sentenced TO the peni-
Tertiary in Baltimore for the term of six
teen years
Our reporter takes this opportunity of
acknowledging his indebtedness to the aiii
GERS ot the court for the facilities so kindly
furnished him aud the courteous treatment
Ac received from them.