Daily Republican., 1882-01-21

trate's Court for thret$uoilAr wa"i
hill. which the District Attorney owaI
Moss wife, and the record says TN
ID strict Attorney paid II and one dol
lar and twenty cents, ,.
Guiteau (exulting,y) eff they
should undertake TO sue Corkhill Tor al
hs owes, it would take the time OF al
the courts 10 attend " the business.
shortly afterwards Colonel Corkhil
agaip interrupted, when Mr.. Davidge
who had come in, protested, with mock
gravity "Oh, don't interrupt MN IL
heavens name, don't interrupt him. ne
might stor altogether. General laugh
ter, in which Mr.. Scoville joined. =.
Guiteau found opportunity W call
out "The papers say | spent thret
weeks preparing my speech. Asa mat,
ter of tact, only spent three or foul
days, nights and mornings. l want
the record straight on this matter
Mr. Scoville Look up the tables offered
by Or. Gray, of homicides by insane
persons who had been under his charge
at the U Urica Asylum. These tables,
said Mr.. Scoville, "were prepared for
this case, and do not correspond with
the tables for the same years in DR..
Gray's official reports" He then pro-
ceeded to read from the official tables
four cases which were not contained In
the tables offered Ia court by DR.. Gray
cases, he said, which had direct
bearing upon this case. In reading the
account of one case OF homicide, MIR.
Scoyille said " Had the District At
torne been there, he would have said,
probably, put him on trial for murder
and hang him. This is "A case OF devil
ish deprav't-.
Guiteau shouted exultingly: "Cork'
hill is an authority On the devil. Dr.
Gray is a inAn with big mouth that's
| the way I mark him.
The Court at 2.l5 took recess for
three. q uarttrs of an hour.
After the recess, Mr.. Scovile con
tinued "The object of human punish
| inent is not for revenge. to do unto the
criminal ~ he has done unto the VIC
tim. The old mosaic law, an eye for an
eve a tooth for II tooth, has been super
seeded by ihe teachings OF the saviour.
The Object of punishment IN this Ell
Heightened age il for the protection OF
| life and propeLty for tie security OF
societ, and is no; founded upon tint
barbarsls theory of revenge. Any pun
;shmen. that has that result-the pro
lection of life and property-is right
and is sufficient for rs 10 intiict, and
what Il best to secure that result IL the
uutstun presented to us now
Mr. Scoville then discussed at somt
length the denoralizinp influence OF tht
scatiold, saying that capital punish
meut when it was inflicted for n hun
drel different crimes, inspired very lit
tie terror among criminals, and ever
now there is not one execution that dnes
not in come way exert an influence thai
directly or indirectly leads TO the com
mission of soms other crimes. In hi
opinion crimes would he diminished
|by the eaboliiiou OF capital punishment
| Mr.. Scoville then proceeded to anti
cipate the argument OF .Ind ge Porte
and to point out to the jury the tallac!
of the arguments which he prediCtet
would be advanced to support the theory
Of the prosecution and to secure thu
hanging OF Guiteau.
In conclusion he said : at has otteI
been said that our jury trials are farce
and | have III my practice frequentl
heard 1t said that the jury system oush
to be abolished because juries make
mistake, because they are influenced
by the eloulence Of the advocates, be-
cause they are influenced not by JUS
tice, not by the evidence but by the las
address. Bat, gentlemen of the jury,
| a. T., : ,l I,nf I h.r a
my English ancestry stood up agains
money and injustice and wrested trou
a despotic being the right OF trial by
Jury, and have never yet seen thu
time when would wish tD see tina
right abolished. feel more Sc cure ant
inore safe in this mode of administer
ing Justice than in any other. So long
as juries are honest it does pot require
that you should have read Kent o
Blackstone. 1T requires that you SHOULD
have honest hearts and clear heads
and above all that you should b.
tearelsss to find for the right, regardless
of what may come, regardless OF whe
ther your fellow men may approve it o
not. This is what shall expect of you
gentlemen, and I believe that you viii
do it. leave the case with you gentle
men, thanking you for your kind at
tentlOn.