Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-24
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&c .ronmept and elcquence, directed
- 80 9,sIligsuce and conscience of the jury.
IT., ar,st not believe, If any man of them
+ba1sbt 10 discharge his duty by avoiding
his fulI duty, and should cause divided
inrv That the United States Government
will any the less press this trial TO convic-
tion. nv.
and stands alone, upon the single question
1rbether on the I'd of July the prisoner be-
Iieved that ne was commanded TO commit this
crime.
Guiteau-Thats it, and that's all there is
Judge Porter-Ths prisoner assents, and
my opinion is that he knew from the first
that upon this sole issue his cause must rest.
II his counsel had half the intelligence of the
prisoner they would have seen the same.
Guiseau-Thank you, Judge; but don't
take much stock in your opinion anyway.
Judge Porter adverted to the constant in
terruptions OF the prisoner. his false claims Of
sympathy, and that thu press was with him,
and said, in contradiction have yet to
see single American newspaper that has one
word to say in his defense"
FURTHER INTERRUPTIONS.
Scoville vainly strovs TO get the ear of the
Court. protesting that Judge Porter was
abusing the rules Of The Court by such state
ments.
At length Judge Porter paused and Scoville
demanded that he be allowed to make similar
statements in reply.
Judge Porter attempted to GO On, but Sec
vile, reinforced by the clamor OF the prisoner
succeeded in getting the floor, when with
much excitement he demanded that his
rights-snd he claimed that he had rights
should be respected. He insisted that Judge
Porter had no right to state what the news
papers said or what they did not say, and he
desired the exception duly noted
Colonel Corkhill insisted that counsel had
not the right TO object. The prisoner had
been allowed to sate what he had received in
the way OF letters. He had been permitted
to read them, to read extracts from papers,
and to make all sorts of statements az to
what the American people and press we're
saying of him. Judge Porter was simply cor-
tradic.ing the statements.
Judge Cox intimated that the prisoner was
not allowed to DO as charged, but could not
be restrained from doing it.
Scoyille-Weil, can't Judge Porter be re-
strained?
The Judge ruled that the speaker might
contradict assertions of the kind made by the
prisoner.
Judge Porter then read from the printed
tNlCtuC6 SC FoEdl Oi Luc u1OIO hOkCu C-sNul tJaCe
OF this effort on the part of the prisoner to
deceive the jury, after which he desired to be
excused from further speaking for the day,
and the Court adjourned until tomorrow.
THE LAW REGARDING SENTENCE AND ExECU.
TIoE.
WASHINGTON, January 23d.-If the jury in
the Guiteau case should bring in verdict oi
guilty at anytime before Monday next, a:
which time the next term of the Criminal
Court will begin, counsel for the prisoner will
be entitled TO file their bill of exceptions at
any time during the continuance of the forth
coming term, and the Court will be compelled
to grant hearing upon the exceptions ct
once. If the exceptions ars overruled, Jude G
Cox CAP, under the law, at once pass sen
tence, and within thirty days theresftt
the sentence can be executed The law
provides that prisoner shall be entitled to
one intervening term between conviction and
sentence If counsel for Griteau should fail
10 file their bill of exceptions before the ter
rnination Of the next term 1.-THE one hea innir e
On Monday next) then Judge Cox car, within
ten days after termination of said tern, pro.
nouuce sentence. The only contingency
which would in case Of conviction, postpone
the execution of the sentence until Septsn-
Der, would be q failure of the jury to convict
before Monday next; providing, of course,
that Judge Cox is disposed SO to sentence the
prisoner as TO grant him the minimum gracs
allowed by law. AS WAS said by an eminent
lawyer this afternoon, in discussing this eues-
ton There are several matters to be con-
sidered in determining the ultimate result,
and as the prisoner is not yet convicted, j;
will be for some time matter of uncertainty
how long, under the law, and the possible ex.
ercise of discretionary clemency on the part
of Judge Cox. the prisoner may be. allowed
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