The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-02-22

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once IF he had drawn 81 NNs
intention of killing. Burner ~
Aected the weanon nv a blow
aro tho orick fpoar Of tho mo
had nressed the trigger and 90, is = . p
CRASHING thro,oh bis bro;r Mr.
scented bis case with force and inoe
90 10 concluded tho corr, od;or-na s.
dow ais iss. ~
TUESDAY.
The Court convened at ten O'Clock on
day morning. 1',o..s.,
CAPT. w. 8. LuRTY. hi H.4
of Harr;sonhuro followed Mr. L;poett for tn,
defense Heonened his remarks nv referanee
to the narties to the trial the generous and
chiyalrous character of the accused and made
a patbetic allns;on to the anguish which
pressed the bearts and ploomed the minds of
the nrisoner's immediate relatives and friends.
He nassed then To an able presentation of the
lw on,l;ooh1 e., N . oooo o,,d al e-ooixy
the nronos,tion adducad bv the counsel for
the nrosecpt,on in his onenino sneecb in bis
definition ofnnr1er in the first degree Cant
Tnrtv,s arp,,ment ON this noint vas claar and
forcibla and tbrorgbort b;s two hours, snaacb
he fullv demonstrated his mower as an advo-
cate and acknowledgements 40 an impressive
orator .e t
M WHITE ESQ
closed the argument for the defense COMBATING
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bv ant citations from the Aooks He undar
took to prove nv the wound If the deceased
and the conrse taken Inv the hall that Amiao
could not have had the nistoI at Rnrner,s head
The course of the bal, a. described nv the
physician, was inward, uDeoard and backward
If the pistol had been knocked doaon by
Burner, the range OF the ball could not have
been an. The theory of Mr.. White was. that
when the scnffie ensued Amiss find;no that
Burner was getting the advantage of him
drew his pistol from his hin nocket and in
the alteration it was exploded. Under this
theory the range of the ball would have been
natural, -
The argument was an able one and was
concluded with stirring and eloquent anpea1
in behalf of the prisoner.
GENERAL sKEEN.
after Mr.. White had finished, stated that he
had intended to follow Mr.. I.urtv Int was
feeling so unwell that he was unable to sneak.
In closing he appealed. in nathetic terms for
mercy, employing beautiful illustration and
eiciting such applause that the Court threat
ened to punish the offenders. .s.ts
MR.. EcHoLs. L
The case was closed by Commonwealth At
torney Echols in an argument of three bonrs.
1t was mastery review of the law and evi.
dence, presenting the case in its strongest
light and rejecting credit unon the sneakar
Clearly and impressively he b,oupbt ont
salient points of the testimony. and combatted
the theory of the defense with force and clio.
quence. ,.s-'<,.--.e
All of the sneakers were listened 70 NTH
ma rked attention and II was remorLod H.,
monv ,ho. to,,o,, :, -, -
40 fi.e ,orona;o d;arIa- ~ seu
for 700 30 - no Corr,bor, w ''- = w
A. tho closo 90 ,bo oro,,r,.
o;ven ~ tho inv rrithe',t oA0e :" %
the Cont Il was then neor,r $500. ,a, -
and the ;udge announced ,hat 49, ,.o,,, 49, ~
a recess until half ooot nina o,o,oo,-
had not agreed before thot .;r oo'
At half mast nina tho INV ro,rx,,, O. a.
Court room and asked for ;nstrnot;ona -, ~ w.,
nunishmert oftho LIE, ,... s's
The instructions were Given and tho sorenan
onno,nood that ~, .,,o,s,.,,t ;.
dict would be reached bv morning The Cour,
then adjourned 10 10 O'clock Yesterday morn.
ing when the iurv ratnrned and announced
that thew had aorsod ,ro, a vord;ot
oeiore 'ne announcement Oh the verdict was
made the Court warned the audience that any
demonstration of approval or d:sapnroval
wbatavar .nv annlanaa or conf,a;on r,o,ia
sI1 SppAi"N - eo'rs,on' "ouio
DC punisneo py me, ana instructed the officers
to observe closely and bring every offender be-
fore the bar The verdict was then anponr,,od