Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-05-08
counsel for defence as to what he did
for living, replied

counsel for defence as to what he did
for living, replied
"I was fortunate enough when
young man to make money enough u
live now without working. Isuppose thai
is q satisfactory answer, gentlemen
lie said Larke made no modification
no exception (; but spoke in genera
way, without explanation.
MR.. LARKE SPEAKS.
Mr.. Larke resigned his seat in the
iury-box for the witness-stand, and 10
answer to questions said at first that
something Of the sort narrated by wit.
nesses had occurred. lie did say that
he would be slow to hang a man on
circumstantial evidence, and he re-
membered citing an anecdote that he
heard Judge Crump many years
ago tell about man who was
riding along road and found man ly-
ing dead in the road with dagger in his
breast, and while he was drawing the
knife out of the dead man couple ol
men came around a bend in the road
and arrested the man for murder.
Don't you remember that, Judge "
said old man Larke, speaking to Judge
Crump.
"Well, 7 don't know; possibly j
may have said it," replied Judge
Crump.
Mr.. Larke is fond Of talking, evi-
IDENTIFY, and, nothing daunted, continued
his remarks. He said that he might
have said that he would not hang man
on circumstantial evidence, and that if
Boswell and Ford said so he wouldn't
deny that he did, because they were
more impressed, perhaps, than he was
with what he let fall from his lips. He
said if he had known the day before
that he was over sixty years of age he
would never have been on the jury. He
was sixty in April, and he had forgot
ten that the last month was April.
He declared that if there was an
UNBRoKEN CHAIN or EVIDENCE
that he would have no hesitancy in
hanging criminal.
AT the close of his testimony the jury
was taken out, and Colonel Aylett, for
the Commonwealth, arose and said that
the case was so plain that he did not
think it needed argument, and that Il
was only necessary to cite the law. He
said itwould take man Of good dmemory
and sand in his craw to stand
trial like this, lasting, as it must, for
twenty or thirty days; and yet Mr..
Larke could not remember what he had
said ten days ago, and preferred to rely
on Boswell and Ford as to the accuracy
Of his statements. If the defence want
ed such a man, standing there to repre-
sent the Commonwealth he would say
that he did not.
Judge Crump replied. He said if
venireman at any time was disqualified
there was no necessity to quote law to
prove the right to remove him. The
matter Of qualification was now to be
considered. The defence had nothing
TO do with summoning the reHire. lie
explained Larke's meaning to be that
there must be great care in the appllca-
ton of circumstances TO the dcstruc-
tion of human life. This was all that
be meant.
Mr.. A. B. Evans followed Judge
Crump in the same line Of argument.
Mr.. Meredith closed in a strong
review Of the testimony and law in the
case, in which he stated that the Court
would put him in an awkward position
and handicap his efforts if such a juror
were retained.
II will decide the matter in the
morning." said Judge Atkins.
."Mr. Goode, another juror, has ex-
pressed a decided opinion, if your
Honor please, and, understand, has
one or two bets on the result of this
case. | shall therefore object to him."
COUNTRY JURORS.
Have you any suggestions as to the
tales to be summoned :" said Judge
Atkins.
"Well, SIR" said Mr.. Meredith,
'we have ten jurors now. and am
surprised that we have got as many
from Richmond. ! am perfectly will
ing to meet the gentlemen if they pre-
fer half Of the jury from the country"
Mr.. Pollard said he thought it best
to make another effort to get a jury
from Richmond.
The Court ordered a tales Of 300,
returnable at ii o'clock to-day. and
thereafter took a recess until o'clock,
when the case of Mr.. Goode would be
heard.
Afternoon session.
Ats O'Clock Judge Atkins was in his
seat, and Sergeant Lee called the jury.
Cluverius was in his same seat. and all
of his counsel except Mr.. Evans were
present.
Mr.. A. s. GoOde, the challenged
juror, had expressed desire to make
a statement, and he was allowed to
take the stand. He said that he had
heard the reports about his making
bets. but declared that if he did it was
done in a jocular way. Newspaper re-
ports made no impression on him, and
no believed he could give the prisoner a
fair trial, but in view of what had been
said he preferred not to sit in the case.
~ will discharre him nnless nhiec-