The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-27

Inc Jury we're out dOOuI Ten minutes, anu
during that interval certainly had no time to
read the charge or consider it. With what
may properly be characterized as indecent
haste, they returned with the YER
dict, which was received in 81
lence, for Judge Booty had forbidden in al
vance any expression of feeling. 1t was
surprise to every one in the court room, and,
so far as we have heard, the subject of uni
versal condemnation. If such law as this is
| to prevail no mans life is safe from the as
sault of any drunken assassin who chooses to
! imbrue his hands in blood. Such verdict
is n severe reflection on our state, and espec-
tally on Harrison county. 1t inspires through
out the country mingled feelings of humili-
alton and virtuous indignation.
Houston Telegram.
That the finding of the Currie jury at
Marshall, and their turning loose the man
who brutally shot down a gentleman because
the latter tried to protect lady under his
charge, has aroused indignation not only
among the better class Of the people Of
Texas, but throughout the United States,
there is as little doubt as that the murder of
Porter was one Of the most cowardly and
beastly ever committed in the annals of
crime. The excuse on which the Marshall
jury acquitted Currie, that Of nsaIity, is,
| from the evidence in the case, one of the
most transparent, puerile and absolutely
ridiculous ever entertained in any community
claiming to BIO civilized, and it will be so
regarded throughout the country, which has
been intently watching this as q test whether
Texas court is indeed capable of Furnishing
most brutal murder when the murderer is
backed by money and influential friends. 1t
may be well for the good people of those
portions of the state, outside Of Harrison
county, and community that can and has
not only tolerated but excused and justified
a horrible outrage, to look calmly at the
effects that will follow. AS regards the peo-
pile of Texas themselves, if the principle of
this verdict is carried out, then the decent
portion of society is bound hand and foot
and laid at the mercy of the blackguard, the
drunken rough and the assassin who can drink
enough whisky to claim aud set up the plea OF
temporary insanity, aided by shyster doctors
who, themselves, ought to inhabit the
dungeon or the penitentiary. Outside the
state the Currie finding will damage Texas to
the extent of millions. 1t will be accepted
as practical proof of the oft repeated charge
that there is no protection for life in Texas
that DULLES and "roughs" can shoot down
whom they please and not be punished; that,
as y people, we endorse and excuse murder,
even if the victim is slain because he defends
q womans sacred honor. The Currie verdict
will be seized upon by the Republican press
all over the northern and eastern states, and
held up AS q sample as Democratic rule, as
an illustration rs how the laws are executed
; in state Boosting of 100000 Democratic
majority; as specimen OF what may be eX-
pected in the federal courts if the Democracy
are placed in power in the United States.
Let it be known far and wide that we
neither sanction such scrme, nor sympathize
with the m udlin sentiment Off nothing
worse) which would condone it on such Il
tlimsy preteSt.
Houston Post,
Another such verdict as this will ruin our
state. II is the most contemplate and iniu-
, rious thing that has been done by Texans
since they have been governing themselves.
, We have never met man yet who pretended
( that Currie was innocent. That foul and
, uuproyoked murder was committed IN the
presence of a woman, whom the victim was
A endeavoring to protect, was substautiated in
open court. Currie was known and proved
+, to be deliberate murderer, and yet he was
D pronounced by his sworn triers INNOCENT OF
t the crime This bold trsversng of the ends
D of Justice has shocked the people. The In
= stnct of every honorable man ia offended
/ by this legal outrage. And the heart of the
GOOD citizen is filled with grief and resent
4 ment when he reflects on this travesty oflaw
$ and on the evil that will be caused by il
t throughout the Union. There can be no es-
t cape from the odium that attaches to this in
famous verdict, for the Jury that cleared Currie
0 not only accepted the fact of his crime but
n justified it on the score Of insanity. These
( twelve men have subscribed either to their
e own dishonesty or their own stupidity. Had
g the insane criminal been incarcerated rs the
h law provides in the case of lunatics, no vio'
;, lent discrimination would have been shown
# though many believe that his life should have
paid the forfeit of his da,tardly crime. But
again the Currie verdict proves too much
: Ii Currie was insane, he should have beer
Q relegated to the ranks of the insane. liz
/, should have Eeen immured in an asylum, in
r order that his dangerous disease might no
: again work harm and death. But 1t Is re
piled, he was only temporarily insane; ant
e the doctors, (who, by the way, have made
e themselves, each one, particeps crimlnis by
:. their extraordinary evidence), the doctors de
IS clared that the madness was due to protract
1t ed drinking, and as Currie will no longer sc
Il drunk he of course will be no longer mad
', 1t is enough to make even child's hear
IS burn with deep resentment to hear and tt
d witness such foolish and dangerous pattern!
l. with truth and Justice. Currie will not b.
d insane until he gets drunk again, but VIII,
J. will 20 upon his bond that he will not drlnl
IS again who will insure him from murde
e when no one can insure him from recourse Il
= the soup Of devils" The issue of this cast
a is an insult to the intelligence of our people
$ an outrage upon the law of the land, and
/ premium upon crime. 1t becomes the dut
d of every good citizen to repud'ate the out
;, rage, and of every journal to record its sol
n emn protest, MS we now record ours, agains
20 this last defeat ofjustice.
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