The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-02-02
Closing Scene Of the EUiseaW
..l .. Trial.
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Judge Portsr's Brilliant Pecoration
teau Continues HIS Interruptions 70 the
Last-The Charge Of Judge cox-The
Verdict.

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team Continues HIS Interruptions to the
Last-The Charge Of Judge cox-The
Verdict.
WASHINGTON, January 23.-Judgc
Porter resumed his argument 10 th'
Gui,eau trial to-day and reviewed the
testimony of john ". Guiteao. The
prisoner interrupted him 1a:.s. asllS
with EXPLANATIONS such as That's
lie, ,aasY ca Re "a bleod-o.an,' 80. He
became so violent and noisy that it
was with the: greatest difficulty the
bailiffs conld quiet him. The in
serruptious Of the prisoner decreased
in violence and frequency till, re-
inforced by an objection from scovllie,
the cismor and din for moment re-
Ssmbled a small Babel. Judge Por
ter continued bis argument amid i
struggle to make his voice heard
asainst the clauor and vile abuse Of
the prisoner: He closed at 5 o'clock.
aad,, in conclusion said : He who
has ordained that human life be
shielded BY human law from human
crime presides over your deliberations,
and the verdict which you viii give
to-day will be recorded where we are
all to come at the great day. trust
the verdict will be prompt, and will
uphold the majesty of the law and re.
fleet credit upon your Integrity, and
shatsthe warning shall reach al lands,
that political murder shall. not be
permitted to avenge political wrongs
or settle political disputes. | trust
you will so discharge your duty that
by your action at least political assassi'
nation shall find DO sanction to make 1t
q precedent hereafter, and / hope-the
time will come when. by International
agreements the law shall be so strength.
ened that political assassination shal!
find no refuge here. The assassin OF
Garfield knew that against the law Of
tod be was breaking With bloody
hands into the house Of life but be
did not know that over his grave, II
grave he is to have, would be written
this Inscription The grave of The
cowardly assassin, the swindler and
the murderer He did not know that
when Garfield yielded up his life that
hand that aimed that pistol against
his life wrote the name Of james a.
Garfield in characters Of living light
upon a 6rmament as radiant as If
every letter vas traced .ia living
stars - T.. &c.,. ..... .
Judge Cox then read his charge to
the Jury. He commenced by saying
that the Constitution provides that in
all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall enjoy the right Of a speedy and
public trial by an impartial jury in
the State and district where the
crime shall have been committed,
that he shall be Informed OF the
caase ard nature Of the accusation
against him, that be shall be con-
froused with the, witnesses against
him, that be shall have compulsory
process to obtain witnesses in his
favor, and that he shall have the as
sistanee of counsel in his defense.
These provisions Here Intended for
the protection of the innocent from
injustice and oppression, and 1t was
only BY their faithful observance that
guilt or innocence could be fairly as
certaiaed. Every accused person was
presumed to be innocent until the
accusation was proved. With what
difficulty and trouble the law had
been administered in the present
case the Jurors had been daily wit
aesses: 1t vas, however, a consolation
to- think that not one Of those sacred
guarantees of the Constitution had
been violated 10 the person Of the ac-
cused. At last the long chapter of
proof was ended, the task of the ad-
vocate was done, and it DOW rested
With the jury to determine the issue
between public justice and the pris,
oner at the bar. No one could feel
more keenly than himself the great
responsibility of his duties, aud he
could only discharge them by close
adherence to the law as laid down by
the authorities. Before proceeding
further he wished to notice al Incl
dent which had taken place pending
the recent argument. The prisoner
had frequently made declarations that
public opinion, as evidenced BY the
press and correspondence, was in his
favor. Those declarations could not
have been prevented except BY the
process of gagging the prisoner. Any
suggestion that the jury could be IN
Aue0ced By such lawless gathering Of
the prisoner would have seemed to
him absurd, and he should have felt
thst he was Insulting the iutelli-
gence of the jury if he had warned
them not to regard them. Counsel
had felt it necessary, however, 10 the
final argument to interpose contra,
diction to such statements. An ex-
ception had been taken Oh the part of
the accused to the form in which that
effort vas made. For the sole pur-
pose of purging the record Of any OBJ
iectionable matter be should simply
say that anything which had been
said on either side in reference to
public excitement or to newspaper
opinion was pnseto be regarded by the
Jury. The Judge then went into an
elaborate statement Of the law in re-
gard to murder and its application to
this particular case.
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