Daily Republican., 1883-03-02
With these threats before him. MheI

With these threats before him, whe
Mcguire rushed on him after he was i
the street, he had every reason to belev
that his life was in imminent danger
Croney had not heard Brickle and til
Others coaxing Mcguire not to fight, bl
he had heard the devil Russell urgin
him on to attack him.
The speaker was not acquainted witt
Mcguire, but he had every reason f.
believe that he was whole-souled
generous-h-arted Irishman, when Ii
was not in liquor. He did not believ,
that Mcguire would have gone out a
all had it not been for that demon Rus
sell, who since then could not be found
He 1t was who should be in that dock
instead of Croney, for it was his faul,
more than Croney's that Daniel Ma
gllire is in his grave to-day.
When Croney was put out, he done
the same rs any man would have done,
he stood still; he had right to stand,
he was on the Kings highway. Bul
again: he had no time to get away be-
fore he was surrounded by the crowd,
and saw Mcguire rushing around, ask.
ing for him. Under the circumstance
what would any man have doneo The
prisoner had told him az his counsel
that when he shot, Mcguire had him By
the throat with one hand, while the
other rested on his shoulder. He had
every reason to believe that his life WIS
in danger, and all that he had done was
to protect himself.
There was nothing remarkable in
Cr0ney having pistol in his pocket,
tor he was sorry to say that the way
elections had been carried ON in this city
for some time, it had almost become a
necessity for men to take some meas
nrcs to protect themselves on that day.
He said that even the witness Carey,
who hal served as an officer under him
while he was Mayor, and who, every
one that knew him, knew to be- u peace
able, law abiding citizen, even this man
bad pistol in his pocket, and he did not
think any person would say that he had
it for any other purpose than self
defense. He closed by saying that he
would now leave the case in the hands
of the jury, believing that they would
agree with him in saying that, under
the circumstances, and from what had
transpirel in the room, and what after
wards took place on the street, the
prisoner had every reason to believe
that his life was in danger and had
only acted in seif-detense.
States Attorney Gray commenced
the closing argument for the State 10y
number Of propositions to
the Court, Oh which he asked the Jury
should be charged. He also cited
number Of authorities to show that the
theory of self-dcfense would not apply
in a case where person took the life of
his adversary, In an alteration which
he had brought on him himself
He said that he believed the facts of
the case were such that he was justified
in asking the Court to charge the jury
on all the points which he had ad-
vanceu.
He also submitted that when a man
enters into contest dangerously armed,
with another and fights with an unfair
advantage, and used his weapon, caus-
ing the death of his adversary, he was not
guilty of manslaughter but murder in
the first degree. 1t being but ten min
utes Of six o'clock when Mr. Gray con-
cluded his propositions, the Court, with
out waiting for his argument, took re-
cess until this morning.