Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-01-30
GUITEAU CONVICTED.
The Jury Settle the Verdict on the
First Ballot,

First Ballot.
The long trial at Washington has
come to an end, and Charles j. Gui-
teau has been found guilty of the
murder of James A. Garfield. The
closing portions of Judge Porter's az
guments were very impressive, and
the charge of Judge Cox was very
forcible and clear. It was easy to
see that the defense was anxious as
to the result, and when the judge in
a clear and significant manner in
formed the jury that the prisoners
repeated statements that the country
was with him were false, a chill fell
upon the assassin and his counsel.
The jury retired at 4:30 p. m. and
a recess was taken till $50. Five
minutes later the jury came in. Gui-
teau, who had asked to retire, was
brought back to the dock, and in the
midst of intense silence the foreman
announced that they had agreed upon
a verdict of guilty as charged.
1t is now ascertained that the jury
have been steadily of one mind all
the time, so that when they went out
they Immediately voted without any
discussion. When the verdict was
rendered in the court the prisoner,
true to his nature, blurted out a curse
upon them. Mr.. Scoville intimated
that he should move for new trial,
and he has four days In which to do
so. An appeal to the court in banc
cannot be heard until the next gen
eral term, beginning in April, so that
sentence will probably be delayed
about three months. There is no ex-
pectation among lawyers that new
trial will be granted.
| JUDGE COA CHAhGE.
At 3 10 Wednesday afternoon, i'm
mediately after Judge Porter finish
ed his argument, Judge Cox proceed
ed to deliver his charge to the jury,
occupying about an hour and half.
Judge Cox began by defining the
defendants rights and his crime. He
alluded to the many difficulties at
tending the present trial and said
that no one could feel more keenly
than himself the great responsibility
of his duties and he felt that he could
only discharge them by close adhe-
renee to the law as laid down by its
highest authorities. He said that
the defense of insanity has been SC
abused as to be brought into great
discredit. He charged the jury t.
bear in mind that man did not be-
come irresponsible by the mere fac
of his being partially insane The
true test, when the defense of insani
ty was interposed, was whether thu
prisoner was able to distinguish be
, tween right and wrong or not. H
alluded to the difference between in
sane decisions and responsibility b,
referring the jury to a celebrated cas-
7 in English history which had alread,
been commented on in the arguments
1 Judge Cox throughout his charge
2 made frequent illusions to the evi
dence introduced in the trial and quo
1 ted from several legal authorities
f In conclusion Judge Cox said: Fro1
: the material presented to you tw
pictures have been drawn to you b
e counsel. The one represents yout
of more than average mental endoW
: ments, surrounded by certain in
: moral influences at the time his chal
: acter was being developed commend
d ing life without resources, but dt
e veloping a vicious sharpness an
r cunning; conceiving enterprises {
/, great pith and moment that indicate
b an unusual forecast, although beyon
: his resources, and consumed all til
e time by unsated egotism and cray
e ing for notoriety; violent in tempe
e selfish, immoral and dishonest lea(
n ing life of hypocrisy, swindling an
fraud; and, finally, as a culminatio
Il of depravity, working into the reso
e luton of startling the world with
% crime which would secure him a ba
If eminence. The other represents
lie young man born, as it were, und
J. malign influence; the child of a di
N eased mother and of father subie
j. to insane decisions reared in retir
ut ment and imbued with fanatical r
ct ligious views; subsequently, his mil
De filled with fanatical theories, launc
ed on the world with no guidan
a save his own impulses evincing
s, capacity for any continuous emplo
in ment changing from one pursuit
We another; now lawyer, now reli
he ionist, now politician unsucces
in full in all full of wild, impractical
IS. schemes for which he had neither
IN sources nor ability; subject to del
A. sions, his mind incoherent and
competent of reasoning coherently
st. any subject; with a mind SO we
ng and a temper SO impressionable Il
no he became deranged, and was the
he fore impelled to the commission of
MS crime, the seriousness of which
zee could not understand. 1t is for W
* gentlemen, to decide which of thu
ed portraits is the true one. And nc
ny gentlemen, to sum up all / have S:
be to you; If you find from the VIII
INT evidence that at the time of the co
or mission of the homicide, the prison
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