The sun., 1882-04-09
0UITEAU,s BILL OF EXCEPTIONS.
Tho Grounds which Garneid's Assassin
Bases his Claim for New Trial.

WASHINGTON, April S.-The bill of excep-
tons taken In the case OF Charles j. Guiteau.
and signed by Judge Cox Of the Criminal Court.
have been printed. They may be summarized
as follows:
On the ruling OF the Court in allowing tho Government
to S; he IN .oI o. e e ri IN Hn,
the had obtained 500 from him on note which
# hs Of sr in
On e lie ' Oserts"s Of the dStcSda,s objection to the
the prisoner s.sr he had failed to ray over
On the SysFraias Of dStendans objection to the ,es
,imony ptD. Mclean shaw. detailing sonyersat,on n he
prisoner spoke of sticking" some one with brass
on the admission OF the testimony OF shaw as to the
prisoner speaking of borrowing money from Dr Mac
II The adson Of f. hs fGoTns question Ard
OF OF ss ot o M @ peoS holding hH po
ton and pcsSsssins inuenco and powsr when the fact
@ Il Si an
sos e.. sss ., Of s St am" a"
rcsult OF vanity and and love Of no'ore'y
in the admission Of ne testimony Of Henry coIiyer
b;sAs9 S s Ss IL NSs'
IL sowng Jgstics wns.. to es esssd s, his
SaonS an -, .xeepton bes taken to he answer s
he believed the prisoner to be able to distinguish right
ts sdais;qa Of the Letter ada1ess.l to coL CSrs
on the ground that it was Incomplete piece having
been cut out 80 ,- ,>,
formerly the wife Of the prisoner that when sho lied
with him, from 1863 to 1874 shO never saw anything
that would indicate that he was man OF unsound mind
To the admission OF answer OF Dr. A. Mel Hamilton as
to the prisoners sanity believe the man 20 b9 sane
although eccentric and TO be able to distinguish the diff
ference between right and wrong and to know the con
sequences of any act lie may be doing ,,
10 admission Of answer OF DR.. Hamilton that there are
great many medically insane people VINO do Aho" the
difference between right and wrong - - , ,,
The iit,l, 18th, 18TH l1.h 18th 10Th .lth 10Th +dlh
27h 2sh and 10Th exceptions relate TO the adsson pi
the Hypothetical questions OF the Government anu tho
replies thereto OI various experts. 49,, -
To the admission IN the testimony Of DR. StenTns, VINO
the prisoner several OccasOns IN lal ana con
vorsed With l Ot the question II there WAS hlylmnS
under an insane delusiOn when lie murdered the Preti
lent and his answer thereto that he could not take his
statement in itself and by itself as an evidence OF III
sanity , .-.,,
other medical rtb. examined the prisoner as 10 ls
opinion !rDm that examination ANA hlN ahMSEs thhl hs
hal an opinion and II was that he was sane,
o allowing Dr A u, Mcdonald TO bc asked, 10 an
impulse successfully resisted for two or three weeks r
resstibls" And allowing the answer to he gwen, u
should not con sIdcr II 40
TO allowing the statement OF DR. hcDonili to g. TO te
Jury Ihat tho newspapers commenced To notice the
fact that the interruptions were Oniy gwen when tio
10 the refusal Of the Court to strike out from the test
cred The Apostlesinssrs lie evidently discovered the
To tho refusal OF Court wi!o evidence In surrebut
tai wa, being offered by defendant 70 examine but olu
witness danes Brooks named IN tho ahda'n oil DIT
ON the refusal OF tho Court to allow DR. George N
Bsnri medical expert called by defendant in surNbu
tai. to answer the Hypothetical questions
To the charge OF Judge Cox thirty clauses
are made the subjects OF exception.