Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-15

GERS to arrest Thompson when he
came? If these notes wers
worthless as Gilfllan said would ReeL
have accepted them after Thompson haC
said he'd stolen ST., 900; no, he'd have said
| want fair divy-give me half. No
Thompson was telling the truth. Reed Is
the servile tool of his EN- ployer-the
Uriah Heep of this community. Refer
ring to the commencement of proceedings
against Thompson, Hart said Jim saw
there was going to be war, and he'd
rather be a general than a private; so he
organizes his forces-gets Reed, Crombie,
Gardner, Mike Hoy, and my young friends
of the editorial fraternity, ihrusts Thomr-
son in cell, won't let him even send a
note to his wife, goes to friends and tries
to keep them off his bonds, and for
three weeks the morning papers TEEN
with ThompsOn's populations, while in the
meantime Thompson's private house had
been ransacked and civil suits had been
commenced. When he was arraigned and
allowed for the first time to see his Wife
thompson asked Lovejoy to step out of
the room, that he might talk with his wife
alone, and Loyejoy refused, saying you are
IN the hands of the law. Not word but
HIS VULGAR EAR
must hear. Thompson went to jail, and in
twenty days he filed an answer in the civil
suit, and Gen. Lovejoy hasn't been heard
from since.
AN OBJECTION.
Mr.. GiiGllan here objected to this bush
whacking style of going outside the case,
and the court sustained the objection.
Mr.. Hart resumed: This will be the most
triumphant day in Thompson's history. If
it becomes necessary for you to find who
did take this money, 1 think you can do it
easily, but l am satisfied that no twelve
honest men in Minnesota will convict my
client. If it is necessary to offer a sacri-
flee on the altar of liberty, let US take the
old ram with his horn caught IN the thicket,
and spare the limo cent lamb.
THE JUDGES CHARGE.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Harris address
Judge Lochren rose to charge the jury, as
follows: An ordinary thief can be guarded
against, but one who is trusted, cannot,
and should be punished, if guilty. The
case is an important one to the defendant,
and to the public. No person should be
convicted who is innocent, any more than
guilty man should escape punishment.
You are to discard rumors, popular opin-
ion, all statements Of counsel unsupported
by evidence, and all sympathy for or pre-
JUDGE against the defendant.
You must believe him guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt, and a mere preponder-
ance is not sufficient. Confessions must
also be caresully scanned. You must also
be satisfied that crime has been commit
ted before you can find defendant guilty.
The character, interest and manner in
which witnesses testify may also be con-
sidered, and you need not consider confes
sions unless satisfied of their moral truth.
If you are satisfied that all these conditions
charged to defendant Will apply to other
persons you must acquit. Judge
Lochren explained what reasonable
doubt was-saying that it was such that
man would not act unhesitatingly in case
be himself was interested. The jury must
find that the money taken was such as was
taken in the ordinary course of business.
The
FALSE ENTRIES ALONE DO NOT CONSTITUTE
the offense. In considering the weight OF
testimony, you must consider the interest
the witness will have in the result. You
must find that defendant failed to turn
over the sums, or some of them.
The specific charges were part of the
twentyfour requests to charge submitted
by the defense.
The judge then read the law defining
and gave a review of the
evidence. 1t is admitted that these sums
were taken, but there is dispute as to who
took them. After illustrating that it made
no difference whether Crombie turned in
cash, or slip of cash paid, Judge Lochren
to other admitted evidences, and
then passed to that which was disputed
AS to whether Lovejoy had access to the
cash box, or whether Thompson alone had
such access, and as 10 Thorn pson's not tell
ing Mr.. Farnham. You must consider the
interest or lack of interest of the witness
es, their number, ETC., and must weigh the
ordinary probabilities. Either Reed or
defendant has given false testimony, and
you must decide for all the circumstances
and testimony, which it was.
The jury then retired to appear again
later in the afternoon with a request for
information regarding the droppings be-
tween Feb. 8, and March 8, 1882, which
they were informed amounted to S1,46917;
they then went back to their room for fur
Their consultation.
At midnight the jury was still out, with
very slim prospect of ever agreeing up
on verdict. The latest rumor was that
they stood eight for conviction and four
for acquittal. Il has been predicted ever
since the commencement of the trial that
it would result in a disagreement and
there is every indication at present that
such Will be the case.
AssIGNEE,s Acknowledgement.