Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-30

The answer, yes of no, wouiu nave sisnt
effect on the issue. but the excitement
va. intense. Sergeant Armstrong. who
was on duty for the Crown. jumped up.
In an angry tone he protested against
the question. Before the judges could
in,erpose. before the purpOrt Of the objee-
ton could be realized. there came the re-
ply. laundering in dehsn, tones from the
juror;
IL Know that, but believe !, Was the
fact. and anything tending to aequii the
prisoner feel bound to put forward"
Despite the menAeing appearance Of
the Judges and the frantic eser,ions OF
the police. the predominant feeling would
have its way. Cheer after cheer set the
order Of the cour, q, defiance. The word
from the jury had a depressing ease, both
on the witness and the Crown counsel.
and when woodlock lef, the table there
Was an impression ,ha, he W. some~ha,
discredi,ed.
Other witnesses were nov produced to
support the story told by woodIock.
And now for the motive. Why should
ihi. young man take the life Of that
foreign sen,lemsn' And with such fero-
eiOa. brutality. too The prosecution had
the answer. which, on hundred. Of similar
occasions. had been given to like ques-
ton in this very oOur, house. lie had
been e,ie,ed from his farm And 30 the
Crown lef, the case to the jury. l,seem.
ed complete enough.
The speech fOr the defence Was worthy
Of the man who delivered Il. In matter
and in manner Il Was perfect. !, suited
the occasion and the times and the temp.
sr Of the people. With irresistible force and
marvellous keenness !, asssiled the weak
poin, Of the prosecution. His vas no
special pleading. be said. to &c, of BY an
ar,ihoe . man whom all believed to b.
murderer. lie would among other Wit.
ne.se., produce the gentleman who made
,ha, repor, and he would ask them,
when he had given hi. evidence, and told
them ,ha, woodloek .wore q, the inques,
,ha, be did no, know who the man whom
he saw speaking to Thiebaul,. he would
ask them to place the oath Of this gentle
man a, one side and the oath Of Wood
lock ., the other. and then TO pat TO
themselves the ques,iOn-were they going
TO kill the young life there in the dock to
crafty the m.ligni,y and the euPidi,y of
creature whom he should again describe
to them a. = contaminated Peuurer'
lie stated ,hA, the CorOnor asked
woOdlOck. when he came up to where
the men were. whom did he hni the sec
ond man to be and that the vi,ne.
answered. on bis oath, he never saw bis
face. And he added that. when further
pressed, and asked IL be WAS no, then
perfectly sure that the second man on the
road was no, the herdsmAn. Michael Con-
nOr.. he replied by asking ~hs, would
make him perfectly sure
All the evidence ,ha, the jury had TO
work upon had been laid before them /;
and to my thinking, the whole case turn
ed on the question. "Did they believe
woOdloek p II they did, then le, doom
be pronounced on the prisoner. II they
did not. let him 20 forth free man.
A gentleman. wi,hou, beard or whis-
ker., with = rather heavy expression Of
eoun,erance and wearing wig and
gown. nov stood facing the jury. sbou,
to reply for the Crown. This ". the
Solicitor General. now Mr.. Justice Law
son. wi,hou, delay he commenced. lie
had no, gone far when il Was clear ,hA,
thi. va. /. man terribly in earnest, with
= mind Of rare vigor. lie did no, waste
any time throwing Palaver into the jury
box. The speech was What might be
called a terrific burst. There was no oes-
.aiion from star, to finish no hesitation.
no stop. I, Was all plain. solid talk. di-
rec,ed with striking precision to the one
poin, for which he oontended. tha, on the
evidence. there was no escaping the con-
elusion that the murderer stood in the
dock. 1t insisted on the Crown case; IL
ridiculed the defence, and when, amid
breathless silence. the learned gentleman
suddenly sa, down. all felt ths, certainly
he had gone straight for his man, and
that. as he left the matter, there were ten
chances TO one he had him.
We were now approaching the end.
getting into the calm, judicial, time. when
all contention is At an end, and the whole
Of the case is to be dealt with by the
Judge and the jury.
II ever q prisoner was in luck, IL was
this man Hallorn. He was fortunate in
his youth. and in the gentle and amisole
appearance, which told 80 much in his
favor. He was fortunate In the rictou'.
sympathy for him, which could not be re-
pressed and which manifested its exist
ence every where smongs, the multitude.
And now the Crown lawyers called the
Coroner to eontrsdic, the version given BY
one Of the witnesses for the defence. The
contradiction was given, and abe Why
advocate for the prisoner seemed not to
heed wha, Vas going on until = polite
intimstion from the judges conveyed
that IL he wished he could question the