Daily Republican., 1881-12-09
FIFTH EDIylQi
THE HARRIGAN car
The Attorney General C,o..
soie Argument for The ST.. ni
J0dge wsles Charge. IN. 'e1
ana they Retire at n 40 .ar

... H"ont for The Star.
'"dEe w"les Charges IN.
and they Retire at u 70 o.., at1
Upon the re-assemblng Of con,,
~ o'clock this morning, Mr. C,a Cur a
sumed the closing aryumant Nt"y rd
State. He detailed the par,ic,,'t ,ot thl
the shooting and denied that Ha"i, liars 4
was either drunk or insane, who "' Hsa}
mi'tei theact. Mr.. Gray said th,, n'c2
knew what he was deipg, and aI'h'' tIa'
he denied the facts to the const,hio
next day, yet after he was arrrs,,1
confronted with the eyii4nro W y
guilt, he then admitted hayIra -,
the deed, and said ordered iLss, wy
to stay away from my house an5
ana not do 80, and | had TO d. IT, !.
had not done 1t now | would h,r,n
to do 1t some other time; thus conra.
the impression that he had A ! risr!!
shoot Dennis Shea. sn'
And again. when he WAS visited 4,
his cell by his friend Mr.. Lucy ant i.
temptation thrown ont to him ' Nv
that 1t was his wIfe's infislitv ~
caused him to commit tho crjnS h,a VI
is to tho honor Of Harrigso b,, Wv
.purned tho offer, AMI said $40 M
that, lnevcr blamed my wife [,r ~5n 81
thing Of that kind" he rrfp.nl ="
temptation, because he knew bis VI
was true to him.
The learned counsel for tho Jo.
have failed to show you tnat H,r'i.s ,e.
wife has deserted hin, or that n4
discarded her they have 'ai,., n sh
you that his witn has not been IN :,
habit of visiting him once or ,r;
every week, since he has b,sn in !"
No gentlemen it was Lot the ,un,o
iufidelity OF his wifo thai causd /,
to lill Dennis Shea, nul it wa, he,, -
he had a grudge against him, AMI
was determined to murder him.
We have shown You by the evjla,
Of M. Brown, that On that ,,na
Hariisan had sail TO him, "twa,
old grudge, and he hal seitlelu"
The defense tried to i,npcaCA ,hs,
timony, and asked thar it be Tina
out did they ask that any otbr,tss
mopy be rejected? no, but they kn,
that Mr.. Brown is an inIe,hyf
young mar, and he could not Le m
taken.
The counsel for the defen. ba,
deav.red to shuv rnAS lie had sod
grounds for bang suspicious of his "
and therefore lie W, Justified IN ki
irg shea, bat ibis Is not juStlf,pi,
for our law maXns bur ona execution
and that Is If mau snoul dui aD5,
or In the act Of aluitry with his v
and in 4 transport Of rage kills the trt
passer, le shall he deemed guilty
man slaughter, not il he suspicious hi
but il le catches him in the 2ct, an
even then he shall not lie guiltless.
In This case thrr" is 10 palIiaiil
there is no grade, the prisoner at
bar is ilher guilty Of murder in
first degree, or he is not guilty of al
crime at all.
| shall ahNiously await your verdi
and believe that you will render it
accordance with your uaths and thee
dence that has been presented. N
Gray in closing thanked the Jury
| tn 'ir earn st attention and closed at
10 o'clock.
Judge Wales proceeded to charge
jury, and defined the different degrj
of murder, and what constituted eac
He then reviewed the eyid nee th
had been given in the case, aud "a
that il must be remembered that drum
enuess is no excuse Tor crime, but
the dissipation is carried to such an 9
tent as 10 produce insanity, itwih
u good def. nse. He spoke Of the cy
dence OF Fox and the children rs TO q
condition Ct the prisoners mlnd ona
day of the shooting, and said lhA'M
Jury should weigh it well, and give
the consideration it is entitled 10, ana
they believe The prisoner insane al t1a
time then they must renGer yrFdicta
acdulttal; bat if On tha other haha
| they believe that the prisoner wa. 10
his right mind when ne committed 100
act, and that he killed Shea because As
was trespassing on his premises, 'lrl
YOU must render verdict il accordaA5
| with thIt belief.
The Jury retired at ll,3O
After the Ialrisan jury nal fe.IIeO
o Jury was drawn, and the case eos W. W..
ringer VS. Derringer was taken up il
suit is brought by the Fidelity; lfu1
and Safe Deposit Company OF rhl.Or
pbia, administrator ct The0phI,Us
Derringer w. David G. Nlvlnapu ~
| lima NJ. Derringer, adminls'rAoI'
Bronough NJ. Derringer. The pN'l
were brothers, 5. r. DerringeF '5'us
resident of philadelphia, and Il7I 80,
time in February, 1874; VINE
Derlinger was resident OF new .n ,s
hundred who died on the l2tho aug
1868. The0plilus was wea!'M
his brother Bronough was cJlnpSE~'
ly poor. ,.ruo,
The ease is an action Of ss,Hnp
TO recover Oh twelve notes ana uue Ut w NJ
given to I. T. Derringer BY b. NJ "
ringer. ,,ir A
pute is $5,077 %. the n
Action was first brought az a.. ;, h
VEN Der term of Court, 1874 anu
been before the Court ever SnC'' 10 4
Judgment was rendered t"iv. " "
Superior Court, once in favor . T'
nlaintiff and once in favor OF ln'
fendant, but were reversed ave, .,rI
and the case still remains una u,,l A
The plaintiffs are rep'1''I1r 1r;hc
William G. Sprul1ce al" sn Iant
Higgins, Esq, and tho de'"''D
George B. RoIney, Il q are I'd
Th5 plea Of the 'rf",s' ~, o., ' Of 4
assumpsit pay men set "b, 'vO 'rmyrr
itation and usu,y, and j ""
special pleas. ., .ooing AZ
Mr. Higgins made the "rr'"kS ,I OK vt.
ment and spoke u''il ! "'' ~ ok Il
Court took a recess unit '''