Daily Republican., 1882-05-10
COUNTY COURT.
PROUEEDINas YRSTKHnAN AZ.
TERMOON- WI. RkBD GASr
GUILTY - OTHER CASES.

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tice and Associate Judges Houston and
| Wales on the bench.
William Bidwell sworn and testified
that he is police officer in this city,
and that he found the money on the
prisoner. He also said that there were
. number of men engaged in selling
tickets, at small advance at different
places about the grounds. At this point
the proceedings were interrupted by
the sudden death of MI. Mason, the full
particulars of which are given else
where.
After the body had been removed,
and order restored, Mr.. Bird, counsel
for the prisoner, said that he was will
ling to proceed with the trial, with the
eleven jurors, and upon the concurrence
of the court tho examination of wit
nesses was resumed.
| Sergeant Whalen testified to the fact
of the arrest, and described the coat
worn by DR.. Blocksom on that day. l..
G. Nandegrift, ESD, for the State, said
they would rest their case without fur
ther testimony.
Levi g. Bird, Esq, opened for the de-
defense and after stating what he pro-
posed to prove, called Richard W. Ew-
banks, cashier of the national bank Of
Delaware. Mr.. Ewbanks was called ;.s
an expert in matters relating to bank
notes, and testified that nearly $1,000.
900 exactly like the one sworn to by
DR.. BlocksOm, were in existence, and
in his opinion it would be utterly i'm
possible to identify any one of these
notes, unless he had it marked or had
taken the number.
John Il. Graham was called in rebuff
tai of the testimony Of DR.. Blocksom,
and contradicted that gentleman on
many points.
This closed the evidence, and Mr..
Vandegrift addressed the jury for the
State: he was followed by Mr.. Bird for
the defense, who commenced his re-
marks by saying that after what had
occurred this afternoon, he felt more
like going home than arguing the case.
Still he had duty to perform and he
would proceed. He said that after
consultation with his client, he had
concluded to finish the case before the
eleven jurors. Mr.. Bird said that the
peculiar man, the most peculiar man
that the State Of Delaware has produ-
ced for one hundred years. The only
thing upon which the prosecution relies
for conviction, is this one note (hOld-
ing up the note which the doctor had
sworn to as being his). Mr.. Bird said
that if DR.. Blocksom could identify a
single note without any peculiar marks
on 1t out of three million notes exactly
like 1t that were in existence, he had
no business to be practicing medicine
in Wilmington, and he would guaran-
tee him position In the United States
Treasury Department
There is not one single particle of
evidence against this boy, except this
brave doctor, who has identified his
money, in a manner not possible to any
one else. Now this doctor, who is
such an expert in identifying
notes that intend to send his name to
the Secretary of the Treasury, was
willing to let the young man 90 If he
would pay him t wenty nine dollars and
half, and even should 1t be possible
that he stole this money, then this
great Judge of notes has offered to com.
pound felony, crime that is punish
ed by the laws of this State; but If on
the other hand this boy is innocent as
believe him to be, then this is just what
the boy told the Doctor it was when he
/ caused his arreSt,-a case OF black
mailing. | do not know this boy; and
never saw him until last evening. Mr..
Bird continued to argue His case for
about half an hour and ridiculed the
, testimony of DR.. Blocksom in every
particular, and closed his address by
asking the jury to render verdict OF
not guilty.
i L. G. Vandergriit, Esq, addressed the
!, Jury for the prosecution, and urged for
conviction on the ground that the
evidence clearly proved that the pri.
soner was the guilty man. He said that
DR.. Blockson was q citizen of this place
reputable practitioner of medicine and
who " ould scorn to tell an untruth, much
less swear to 1t. 1t has been clearly
shown, and no evidence produced te
, contradict it that the prisoner unbut.
: toned the Doctors coat and tried tc
steal his watch. In respect to COM
pounding the felony the Doctor did
no more than any of you would have
done under the same circumstances, he
said give me my money and will let
YOU go; he did not want to lose his
time, and neglect his practice in attend
ing Court, and if he could only got mis-
, money he was satisfied to let the case
drop. Mr.. VaAdegrift spoke but short
! time, and closed by saying he conf.
IDENTIFY asked for verdict Of guilty.
The Chief Justice in charging the
, Jury, said that since this case had been
| un1onu thing h al
: occurred, which he had no doubt had
made deep impression upon ali pres
} ent. He had known the deceased for
many years and had always known
him favorably, and he had no doubt il
l his life had been spared that the jury
7 would have been greatly aided IN
: bringing in a verdict satisfactory tt
7 the ends of justice. He then reviewed
! the case and the evidence that had
been produced, and said to warrant
. them in bringing verdict of guilty
l they must be satisfied that there was
3 something about the notes that would
) enable DR.. Blocksom to positively iden
tify them as his property. A bank
0 officer who is an expert, has testified
that in his opinion no one could posi-
3 lively recognize one Of these notes after
it had once passed out of his possession
1 unless he had taken the number or had
t some mark upon it. =,
. Itis for the jury TO carefully weig
) all the evidence, and then to render
8 their verdict accordingly. The Jury al
o'clock retired and after an absence
. of forty minutes returned a verdict q
l not guilty. The Chief Justice ad
l dressed the prisoner and told him thai
. he was now free to 60 where he chose
, and advised him in the future to keel
r out of bad company. Reed made
l few remarks and said that he was sat
: isfied that Me had been fairly tried
8 and thanked the Court for it.
7 James Redding, the man who Ii
! charged with having committed a rape
on the person Of Sarah j. Purse, was
: brought into Court shortly after l
o'clock and placed in the dock. He is
short stout man, very black, and has
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