Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-20
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z he aGW OF MuEder.

William L. Hove, Ia q cJl m1ncatiln 10 the
New York Herald in regard to Guitcau'5 lia-
bi!!tg to 90 hapgsd. says:
He ia guilty If mud II fer tho :o!!oaiag rca.
s0rs:
The tiibuasi 10 witch Guiteau is to be tried
Is governed by the old coum,a lav, atd:r
which killing IS deGotd as murder, nanslaughs
ter ;r ias,i6sble homicide.
f'hlro sre no degrees Of these diff.reus c.imes.
Eor murder the penalty is hspgisg
Ii makes no difference whether the Preti 1ent
altd ttt IL :ho Wouad Or from uuskiIul medical
or sur ,.csl treatmeat or exhaustion, the Grim
Is the s&rla, tao H2uGd bsrg tho 'meGi..e"
CAUSE o. dc&th.
Tao iscts ct the shooting IS they &C :urgtd on
the morning It TIC u day OF July. 1881, are
as iOCWa:
Tho prcsida5t Gu that eventful norliag in
peltdc5 henltc went to the Station or tie Bslti.
Eor5 srd Potomac Railroad, and in tno wsili
rot N where be had goGs to purchase o ticket
was shui b? GCitesI. who had b,cu waiting
tbouE thc depos :sis; :Ae sole lurpose OF doing
tbs acy.
Sipce the sh1otag ,ho President hss been at
tcadl d by several Physicians, whcss treatment
las been criticised By some OF tho medical pubD
lie ss Improper, snd this has led many to b.
lieVo that If ths treatment OF tho attending sur,
geons Was improper, Gui;eau might escape
hanging. TDis is crronsous.
Ii Rex vs.. Raw, J. Kel. &c: "EIwsrd Rev
was Indicted ter killing Nathanie Rev, lis
bother, aud upon the ecidenco it was resolved
that, It Que gives Wou1d. to another. who neg.
lees the cure cf then, or is disordally AID DOH
not keep hat rule which q person wounded
should &c, yet ii he Gle Ii is murder or man
slaughter, according as the cass Is;
bUcau3a, II the w0uads had not boao tbc mau
| had not died; aud, therefore, pegltc. or 0isgr-
der IL the persou Woo received inc wouods
shall nN excuse the person who gave theGl."
| This ruic Is afhrmed b3 Bishop (ihe best GU
thorliy oG ctuin4 laT in this coua,ryl. 10 sec-
| tion $50 where lie says:-''Ard the yotrine is
| established, that, if ths bios caused ths death,
! it is sufficient, though the iIdvdu, might
! have recovered had be used proper care HIM
self; or submitted to surgical operation, TO
which no refused su5misslor; or had The sur
geops treated the wound properly"
Hawk, z. O. Curw. Ed, D. 90. sec. 10.
McAllls!er vs. The State, II Ala, 434.
| Reg. Vs. Holland. Moody & r, 35l.
Reg, vs. Wess, Car & K 7S4.
! The State vs.. Baker. | Jones N c., 267.
Reg. vs. Hsines, Car. & K 1868.
| Suppose the wound is not the Immediate
| cause OF death, snd that exhaustion or some
other dlseas, be the i'm mediate cause, nevertho.
esa Gultesu is legally guilty Of nu:der.
| Bishop says
Ii the person diss by toe action of the
Touad, aud by the medical or surgical &C ion.
jointy, tho would mus: clearly bs regarded
| Sufficiently cause OF tho death. Aud the
| wound need not even be Concurrent cause,
| muoh ess need II be tho next proximste one;
| ior, if X is the Cause of the cause 10 more is
required.
Psrsoas vs. The State. 2l Ala, 3OO.-Io
this last case the Court eryed:-"We all
agree that, ordinarily if { wound is ioh;cted not
dangerous 10 itssif. aud the dseih was evidently
ccoasloncd b? the ar0ssly erroneous treatment,
the original suthor will not be accountable.
And vs. agree also that If the wound was
| mortal or dangerous tho person Who iIh cted ID
cannot shelter himself uoder the plea of erro4
neous treatment" Bu: tho former Of these
TWO propositions is little more favorable to
the prsoner than 90 exact CONSIDERATION Of
| legal principle would saem to dictate
Lord Hale says:-
IF man receives wound which is not ir
itself mcrsal. but either for want OF helpful sp-
Dlications or from neglect thereof it turns to
gspgreuo or fever, snd that eangrens or fever
| bo the Immediate cause OF lis death. yet this is
murder or mauslaushtet ia bim that gsvo the
| stroke Or wouoc; Ter The wound, though il
| were 10. the Immediate capae of his death
| yet If it ware toe mediate CAUSE thereot AID the
| fever or gsngrene was iha immediste cause of
| his death, YET the WGu:d vas the c1uso Of the
gaugrsne oi fever ana 60 conseq1ealg il causs
| causst,,
Il Halo ?. O, 428. md see Commonwealth
| vs, McPike, 3 Cueh., 49,; Eas =. &irpock. |
Crawl q DIX q. T., 45)
| IN late Msssschusetta case the COur. held
| that where The WCund is feoniousy iu hic.ed sad
| the uDak!fplness Of the surgeon contributes TO
the death which follows, the person IL c,iag tue
wound is nevertheless guilty OF II urder o, m.n.
slaughter, as the, case msy be. And S;gelow,
| CLl=t justice. alter reviewing the authorities
| which he considered to be slt one way, said -
| The we'll established rule of the common law
| would seen to be that if the wound wss dan.
gerous wtuud-lnss is, calculated to endanger
or destroy lits-and dshth ensued tneref.om it
is sufG lien. proof of tna cff.nce of murder or
rnsrsIsugn ntar, and shst the person WAC IL Gc.ed
it is RESPONSIBLE though it may appear that the
deceased might have recovered ii he mad taken
proper care of himself or submitted to surgi-
! cal operation, or that uuskilful or improver
treatment aggravated the wound end contribu..
| Cd to the death, or that death WAS Immediately
caused By surgical ooera!i2n rendered neoes.
ssry By the conoHion OF the wound'' Jom.
| mon wealth rs. Hackett ALLEN, 1SG. l41)
The intent with the nremedsation ia establish.
ed beyond question, and ihs act is clearly nu,.
der within oil rules of common lsT.
uAY-FEVgk, Cs.arrsh, aud Cold in the
IA Head caa be relieved by Glover Blossom,
| n external remedy. A most wonderful dis.
covsfy n MeG!-ine. TO wn:ah Gay. Fever which
hssso loDg detIi Md c-i kill, has been com.
pelledto succum5, s1U - which Ia.srrh readily
yields ltrelievss cold in The head or stoppage
uf the nosttlls II q few minutes. Price 81 per