Daily Republican., 1878-12-12
Court took . recess, at 1.2O until 5
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AFTERNOON SESSION .

Mrs. Dodson since 1852; know the pris
oners; know them TO .be proverbial 70
kindness Of heart and peace or ood or
der, 4
Medford NJ. Raisin, sworn Live II
Kent county, Nd know the prisoner,
well; their reputation for peace ant
good order Is good.
Joseph l.. Manlove, ,re-called:-I hav,
known Mrs. Dodson thirty years; hav,
known, ,,Newcomb about Ave years; don =
know Vincsnt; know the reputation o
. the other two to be good; they lived OF
an adjoining farm to me; since they
went to Ch-stertown | have visited
them, and found the people speak very
highl.s Of them.
George J. Biddle, sworn:--Live neal
Dodson's; about mile iroul them; their
reputation is good.
Ephraim G. Stoops. sworn:-Know
the reputation Of the prisoners to be
very good q
Joseph R. Milton, re called; also tes.
titled to the good character Of the pris
oners.
Lewis Usilton, sworn:-Livs in Kent
county, Md; have represented the low =
or part OF the county in the L-gisla-
tur.; have known ths prisoners, Mrs =.
Dodson and Vincent; Doison's place IS
next to ours.
The defence here closed and Mr.. Re bin
son began his argument. In opening
he made the usual referauce to the in
telligencs OF the jury before him, and
also deprecated that chivalry that
would put aside justice because there
should he a woman upon tn. indiot-
ment. He asked the jury to apply thu
facts only and not be prrjudiced by any
other impulse. II. said he wished h.
could say that James jones' didn't tell
the truth. Granting that Jones did tell
a lie there are facts that stand out
boldly and speak with an etirct more
sign fcant than words. II James Jone,
Is liar, Andrew Caulk is not. Jam,s
Jones cam. to his HOUSE. with a pistol
Shot in his head, staggering under the
phys Ical weakness, uunbed and Al he
thought in dying con iition. Mr..
koblnSon followed up the evidence 10
TINS point with IA chain Of facts which
lie sald were hamniug attlibut"S Of guilt,
that chantlsenenl OF Jones has been at
United by the defence, an, that he was
then locked in the msat house. From
this point the evl itnua vtr,r5. #
admit, said he. "that tho ladies' stat d
they were with Newoomb and Vincent
up 10 ii o'clock; Tut what ot thai
] believe that negro to have told the
truth. What were they looking Tor
when thsy went 10 the branch, why 1t
wa. for b blrs ot course. Do you sup
pose they Intended 10 lind them. Don't
suppose they would allow this negro's
statement TO be corroboraieh; Yes they
took him out there; but somebody had
been there before I" Mr.. Robinson
was checked here for as -rtiOus not
warranted by the evidence lie con
tinurd: 1t has been said III this case
that thee parties, defendants, are respec
table peopl. that their character Is
lrrrproact.able; don deny what may
have been their reputation; but don /
STE how they beilg Of such rrspeota
bl. family that they should allow Mrs.
Dodson to be incarOrra,-d in our prison;
and, - Here Mr., Lore objected and
the objection was Sustained.
Mr.. Robinson then reviewed the
similarity Of the two statements up to
the time of the whipping and the II
compared the facts as set up by the de
fence with the sworn evidence of the
negro Jones.
Mr.. Gray followed. He alluded to
seriousness of the case; expressed the
liveliest hope that he would h- able to
establi ish the innocenee Of the prisoners
Al the bar. The charge had been
brought upon the testimony ofthis poor
negro Jones'. "God forbid, said he,
that | should say one unkind word
against him; notwithstanding the terri
bic wrong that he has done those peo.
pie. No have no word of reproach to
utter against him or any of his race.
Mr.. Gray then spoke of the gravity OF
that cnargr: how it would effect the
fam i y who had been living without II
blrmIsh upon their .air fame; how in
making a mistake the wives and daugh
ter OF fathers IN every community would
not be- free from the blighting tongues
Of the sOulless traducer; that in Jones
being found at Caulk's is not a fact for
the defence nor how he got there. He
also pictured the falni y as its members
sat together on that Tuesday night,
and drew the comparison fav0lably with
the many happy families that form
our rurcl population. In reviewing
tIIe..ev vidence he sad: Did the witness
for the defence conceal anything? do
you suppose that Dora Dodson. when
cross examined so searchingly by the
Attorney General, did not say what
was true' Do you think that little
boy who with SO much periectness gave
in bis evidence. told lie. Il. gave 1t
IN an artlass innocent manner that
carried conviction at ono. and remind
I'd M. OF the Latin maxim: "Iharima
reversntia dsbet." The greatest rev-r-
ence is due TO childhood. II YOU be
lev. the story of James Jones you must
believe that Allie Prrttyman and Dora
Dodson and the Others p-rju:ed them.
selves. There is no other alternative.
Mr.. Lore followed in AZ address of
three quarters, ,of-an.hour in length,
dwelling pathetically upon the suffer
ings which must necessarily come upon
a household where there are are those
of its members suffering under so heavy
an atilicton. He called the attention
of the jury to the singular fact that the
holes in Jones' hat could not, by plac
ing it in every position be nadu to cor
respond with the wounds received, He
closed by pleading with the jury for
the sake Of human nature, and for the
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