, 1879-06-07
ALMOST FINISHED.
End OF the Legal Wrang,ing Over
the Custora-House Cases.
Lawyer Campbell's Closing Speech on
Behalf of the Prosecution.
An Interesting Resume OF the Sulndling
Job on Uncle Sam.
The Court Wil1 Charge the Jury
This Morning.

When 10 o'clock catne yesterday morning Ia
the United states District Court everybody was
rrcsr,t with tho exception Of one OF the twelve
marsyys in tho box Mr.. .faicy l!ayfefti, Of Milan,
who lns received tho soubr1quct Of "tle cough
lar Juror" from the fact that for week or 30
he bas been suffering from n severe cold md
h,ost rainful cough. After waiting for him sew
cral mlnt1tcs he came In, evidently fccltnE very
ba,ly. Although The lawyers in the case were
willing tu excuse him, ind lct the other eleven
do the deciding rs 10 who wns entity and wsn
was not guilty, or whether al1 where white
eouled ai,l chcrublc, thu sturdy Juror thought
he ro,i,d strk it pllt, anu rcslmrd his sent ri
tie box with n martyr-like air Of resignation
ovcrsprcat1ing his TEXTURES.
Tic Court directed Mr.. Campbell, for the
Government, to proceed ~itl, Ills closug argu.
incnt.
AIR. cAMrngLL
began BY saylng tho jury had hoard the chArac-
Ter Of all the dcfcnscs, They were different In
sotuc respects, us,tt got common In others. Mr.
swctt had appeared to ho fearful Of the fnte to
attapd hfs pet clcnt flo suspected n masked
battcry md nil that eort Of thing Now, this
tnlk about Il masked battery, surprise, the
discovery Of something now or strange IN this
matter OF conspiracy, vas all bosb. II there
was ANYTHING in the vida world that wasn't
known about The law OF conspiracy, Mr.. Swctt
wasn't the tnnn that didn't know 1t. lie had
Travelled MI over tho country with his treatises
on t'ir iaw Of conspiracy under his arm, ans Ito
wasn't to be srrpriscd. There had been no change
OF base except TINT which had occurred on the
other side. It was Mr.. Swstt himself who had
bccn swapping horses while crossing tho stream.
At frat hp wanted oysrythsnG IN t{as case looked
into from thu very inception ot things. He
conrtcd investigation. Now he Was Tor limiting
things, n,nl hence this bosh nbout masked
,,n,tery n.d aurnsses. Mr.. Campbell sud ha
believed tho Jury would come to the conclusion
that there was poor stone Furnished, unncces-
Bury saving, pretended labor. 1laullng once paid
for, aud claims for ogerrncasuTemcnt ofssonc.-
nil Of which was paid for under these vouchers;
ant, having found this, It was only necessary to
take one more step and inquire whether these
men agreed together with common purpose
In accomplishing this thing. II be should show
1I,a, como Of tho defendants agreed together,
no woui} bo entitled to verdict N to thoso do
fendnnts.
MIR. Campbell then proceed to briefly lay
down tho law ot tho case. lilo Jury, he said,
might conyrt any ouo'af tho detondants who
they beloved might have conspsFed with some
peraon nat named ia thy indictment to aeeom-
pIIsh tho results named therein. Again, if there
had been conspiracy formed between any orc
Of tlcso defendants before Nov. y. lS7b, mud
Bosno unknown parties, ah' either oil tlcm did
sertcb, nf acts In pursuance Of the oid, original
conspiracy, and tllena alter NOV. 2. 1875, these
two men. or cltser OF them, had committed
some further acts II pursuance Of this same
conspiracy, this was IN Inv u renewal Of the old
conspiracy within the statute Of limitations.
as thu Jury. could convict such de-
and II It was renewed within il'u statute. nt'l
i any ono, two,. or tlree, or four ct these
which were intuna-d to carry out. ard did carry
out. the objects OF tho old original conspiracy
thus renewed, then every ono Of thosc men 80
concurrtng became pnrty to TINT conspiracy,
i: AND MIGHT lie CONVICTED.
Mr.. SWEET had Insisted that It 'sas necessary to
proVe The agreement. Tfue. but 1t was not ucccs.
hary to nut ono's ilngrr OIL tho spot where the
agreement wua made. When two men per
formed an Unlawful act, the Il lew Inferred tllIt
in this case proved the conspiracy.
In support Of hs position, Ar. Campbell cited
number Of authorities.
The Court put case where conspiracy was
formed before tue statute md Que Of tho par.
tics o!ed. and, after the statute, the other did
some act In pursuance Ut thu original agtccIneut,
and asked hir. Campbell Il such act, or the per-
formance Of II. put him III position where ho
Nj. Campbell said thcre could be no renewal
Of the conspiracy after the 1nau was dead
Mr. SWEET agreed to that In short, this
whole question !Sas matter Of fact.
Tho Court said 10 thought counsel were not
50 far apart after all.
Mr. Campbell, rcsunlnG, satd be nrouoscd to
euSS s"1s =, 1aet nu Huest pEioI
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