The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-01-13

according To his own testimony, he gave MI
Blaine one more chance in regard to the
Paris consulship. When he was again re-
fused he threatened that if Mr.. Blaine was
not removed the administration would coVe
to grief"
''That's absolutely false" cried Guiteau.
1.-The prisoner presumes to deliver his own
charge to the jury" said Porter. He has
already had too much to do with this trial,
but if he presumes further he will exceed the |
bounds of all endurable effrontery."
"Ah,' snarled the prisoner, ''you were APP |
pointed by President Arthur under misap- |
prehension. You had better get paper of
tobacco and go home"
81 was appointed" said Porter, 'under the
misrepresentation that the law was stronger
than Guiteau, but l find that the prisoner
thinks he is stronger than is the law.
"God Almighty is stronger than the law"
retorted Guiteau.
''The prisoner will 60 presently to higher
court than this, and had better reserve his
remarks concerning the Judge who shall then
Judge him until he goes into that presence.
He will feel soon what he has never felt be-
fore, divine interposition in the form of a
hangman's rope"
Judge Cox rendered a decision OH the
points raised by the prosecution and defense
in the Guiteau case, and decided that the
court had jurisdiction in cases of murder
wherein the wound was inflicted in the Dis
trict and death ensued elsewhere. In ex
planning this decision he showed that the
authorities of England favored jurisdiction
where the wound was inflicted, but the au-
thorties of this country were about equally
divided therefore he would decide by
common sense that jurisdiction was complete
where the wound was inflicted, saying that if
crime needed locality in order to make it
punishable, the only proper way to localize it
was to make it punishable where committed.
He then took up the prayers of the prose-
cution regarding the limit of responsibility
in alleged insanity. He said the cases in
this country favored the right and wrong
test, and that if the jury believed from the
evidence that the prisoner knew what he
was doing at the time he did it was contrary
to law, then no claim of insanity would re-
move his responsibility for the act, unless in
consequence of insane delusion he was labor
ing under such want of reason as at that
time to be incapable of understanding the
law of the land. On the question of ire
sistible impulse no ruling was necessary, as
it would only confuse the jury. The prison.
er's action in court was no evidence of any
special mental arrangement. The prisoner
} had always claimed his act to be one of in
J spiration and patriotism. The court would
not instruct the jury on these claims, but if
the jury had any reasonable doubt on any
} one point he would instruct them on that
and on the elements of the crime, and ele-
ments of insanity, and if after all these in
structions they still had reasonable doubt
then they should acquit.
8 The opinion took two hours in delivery. j.
w. Guiteau pronounced it fair and honest
and he was satisfied with its law Scovile
wants two days more to argue. Davidge will
use four hours opening for the prosecution.
Guiteau wants two hours. The court said ii
would sit until p. IN. hereafter.
Court adjourned until Thursday for the
} purpose of allowing the attorneys to arrange
for their arguments to the jury. 1t would
appear from the instructions as given by
Judge Cox that the defense is left without
q hope. A verdict will not be reached before
Saturday, and perhaps not till the fore part
of next week.